Now that Erin and I drive so much- often up to 3 to 4 hours per day- it’s important that we have audio to occupy ourselves during the drive. I’ve been listening to podcasts mainly, with an audiobook sprinkled in every once in a while. I tend to listen to podcasts that expand my knowledge…
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Tacoma, WA to Modesto, CA – Road Trip
After our visit with Annie it was time to start thinking about heading to Modesto for our home health positions. We stayed up in Tacoma until Wednesday morning to finish some appointments and get our car’s serviced, and then we hit the road. Our destination was a small town just outside of Ashland in southern…
Our Time in Tacoma
Tacoma: the city named after mount Rainier- originally called Takhoma or Tacoma, and the place Erin and I have called home for the past two months. This was definitely not enough time to fully explore this great city, but we tried our best. This is the view from Ruston way trail. To the right you…
Meal Prep Sunday
How Erin and I Meal Prep for Healthy Eating Erin and I are generally very busy (especially right now, trying to find a new contract!) and we don’t have time to cook dinner every night. I think this probably applied to almost everyone these days. Instead of trusting your nutrition to someone else, we like…
How to Research Great Places to Dine While Traveling
How can you figure out where the good places to eat and hang out are in a place you’ve never been before? I’ll share my tips and what I do to research restaurants, coffee shops, and bars in a new place. I use a combination approach when looking for new restaurant options. I use tools…
Stretching for Road Trips
Sitting all day can become painful. These stretches are designed to hit muscle groups that are commonly affected by driving for long periods of time. In the video you will see me demonstrate one side only. Please stretch both sides of your body! When Erin and I traveled across the country, we noticed our backs…
Tri-Cities Espresso Blind Taste Test
Welcome to another coffee themed video! Erin and I drove around Tri-Cities picking up espresso for this blind taste test. Between me deleting the summary video and Erin placing her thumb on the microphone its very easy to tell we are still new to this whole video producing thing =). Thank you for watching!
Saving Money: How to Set Things up the Easy Way
Step One: Emergency Funds After figuring out that we both wanted to increase our financial independence, we needed a game plan. Que obsessively Googling! First things first: we needed emergency funds. An emergency fund is a prerequisite to the auto pilot method of savings described below, because if the unthinkable happens (car crash, medical emergency,…
The First Step in Financial Planning
We started our travel therapy journey to travel more and gain financial freedom. Thanks to FIRE we have been able to explore new places (like Portland, OR this past weekend), and save money. (More to come next week on our Portland trip, including our visit to Multnomah Falls —>) What the Heck is FIRE? What…
Portable Coffee Brewing
Comparing Portable Coffee Brew Kits Welcome back everyone! Today is a big topic for those of you who enjoy coffee. As it turns out, Washington state is pretty serious about their coffee- and I need to step up my brewing game. I have been using a french press for many years, but recently purchased an…