RV Pet Cemetery Becomes A Monument To Man's Best Friends

We are at Sleepy Hollow RV park near the boarder of Mexico in Winterhaven, California. I like to walk and hike and often discover interesting things. Yesterday I came upon an RV pet cemetery. I know it’s an RV pet cemetery because it’s surrounded by RVers boondocking in the desert. RVers love their pets and nothing brings that home more than a stroll through a monument like this. Before you pass under the sign, you read this tribute carved in a wooden sign:
“Goodbye Old Friend You’ll Be In My Heart Forever. They will not go quietly. The pets who shared our lives in subtle ways they let us know their spirit still survives. Old habits still make us think we hear a scratching at the door or step back when we drop a tasty morsel on the floor. Our feet still go around the place the food dish used to be, and sometimes coming home at night we miss them terribly. And although time might bring new friends and a new food dish to fill. That one place in our hearts belongs to them and always will.”

Snoopy is buried here along with a host of other cats and dogs. Another carved sign reads, “Whoever you are your kindness means more than you’d ever guess. The flowers on every grave. The flag that flies high. The Work on the flowers. You watch over our pets. Than you so much! Muffins parents.” Grave markers clearly indicate names like Tiffany, Sarge, Ruff, Buddy, Blaki, Angel and Blue. Pets like Drummer are commemorated with faded yellow photographs and silk flowers. Brew was obviously Canadian and liked to play. Toby was in the guard dog business. While Fletch inspired this poem by Chris:
Tribute to a Dog

No words can truly thank the dog.
No money match its worth,
As, quite content, it lives to love
Some master here on earth.

A dog will never ask for much,
Some water, warmth and play,
And in exchange, no questions asked,
It gives its life away.

A dog is happy on request,
No matter when or where,
If ever you may need support,
Just call and they’ll be there.

Prepared in their own special way,
To help with all their might,
Those sympathetic eyes confirm,
That right or wrong, you’re right.

Though in this life we know not much,
Beginning unto end,
Still, with a dog, at least we know
We’ll always have a friend.

There are even graves for a stray cat and dog that were hit by a car.On Pee Dee and Pandi’s grave there’s a bit of humor with a sign that reads:
“Heaven goes by favor, if it went by merit, you would stay out and YOUR DOG would go in.” This pet cemetery is free because it doesn’t cost you any money to bury your pet, but it will cost you emotionally as you can’t help but shed a tear as you think about all the love these pets gave their owners over the years. Jim Twamley, Professor of RVing