“One more year - keep your stuff longer, people” is Tilly’s mantra as she trains for her first Ironman with her best-friend-coach, Camas. Set in an idyllic northwest town on a pristine glacier-formed lake, Tilly sets out to tackle an Ironman for an environmental cause to convince people to curb their consumerism to give the planet a fighting chance against climate change.

She can swim like a dolphin and run like the wind. Still, she doesn’t know how to cycle, so she relies on a curmudgeon former athlete, her irreverent, tattooed, best-friend, Camas, a group of maverick mountain bike guys, an old pirate, and her water dog, Pedro, to overcome her obstacles and save the town of Sandglass.

One More Year is Book 1 of the Pedro the Water Dog Saves the Planet series, a listen-in-an-afternoon novella-length outdoor adventure, filled with lovable, quirky characters in a candy wrapper of laughter, irreverence, kisses, friendship, satire, mountain bike jumps, love, and magnificent scenic beauty.

Avis Kalfsbeek has an immense love of nature, and can be found with her own water dog, Teo, swimming, hiking, and biking wherever their human and canine feet lead them. She encourages you to keep your stuff longer to slow down our overconsumption, and give the planet a fighting chance.