June 7-9th, 2019 Our summer camping adventures are continuing and we love it!! Last weekend we headed to Pincrest, CA in the Stanislaus National Forest. We didn’t know beforehand, but Pinecrest Lake is a popular spot for local families to vacation. There is a large man-made lake which offers water recreation as well as hiking…
Where Are We Living?? – About Modesto, CA
Modesto, the 18th largest city in California, is located 75 miles south of Sacramento- the state capital. About 200 thousand people call Modesto home. To give reference for our Pennsylvania readers, Lancaster city has a population of 60 thousand. It’s definitely not a large city, but it has a walkable downtown area and plenty of…
Camping and Hiking at New Lake Melones
Erin and I packed up the car and went camping two Saturdays ago! Lately, the burden of planning such big trips has been taking a toll on our lead researcher (me), and we decided that for the next month or two we are going to focus on camping trips into the mountains, rather than city…
The BEST and WORST of Our First 6 Months as Travel Therapists
This weeks blog post we brainstormed together about the good and the bad of our first 6(ish) months of travel. Largely our journey has been a positive one, but is has not been without stress and disappointment. With our goal of personal growth we want to celebrate our favorite parts, and learn from what went…
Anniversary Sonoma County Trip
Erin and I went to Sonoma county to explore wine country for our anniversary two weekends ago. My mom is a wine club member at a winery named Papapeitro Perry in the dry creek valley, and gave us a half off wine and cheese pairing coupon! Dry Creek Valley is a smaller valley that stems…
Our Journey with Sustainable and Conscious Living
We have always sought to be environmentally conscious people but since we have started traveling we have noticed things that propelled us to live more sustainably. This post is about what were are doing now to reach that goal and why. (How can you not want to preserve this beautiful planet!) Disclaimer: This is our…
Our Trip to San Francisco
Since our Tacoma contract cancellation “fun” we have felt like we were constantly on the move, so it is nice to finally be in one place for more than a few weeks (hopefully)! For those who don’t know our current contract is a bit longer, 6 months, so we have been dreaming and planning lots…
Spend a Lot of Time in the Car? Listen to Podcasts!
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…
Home Health: Our Experience
Aside from the abundace of farms this is our typical view while driving to rural patients and we cant complain! It’s been a crazy transition to home health. People are right when they say it’s a totally different beast! We are used to treating patients in a medical environment: the clinic. Now we are treating…
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…