Its week 3 of our minimizing post and we are going to tackle miscellaneous stuff! All the extra stuff we have beyond clothing and daily need items is really what ended up being the largest amount of items that we needed to minimize. In the initial packing process this brought us to the ‘Want Vs…
Minimizing for Life on the Road – Clothing
Hello from California! Its post 2 of our minimizing series and next up is clothing! If you are just joining now we are doing a series of posts on what we have, how we simplify, and our packing process. Our posts will focus on kitchen items/food, clothing, and miscellaneous/packing. Before leaving Pennsylvania we both went…
Minimizing for Life on the Road – Kitchen
While we certainly cannot call ourselves minimalists, we have spent a lot of time reducing our belongings as part of our travel therapy journey. We have learned that we use less than we thought we did! Over the next three weeks we are going to focus on our minimizing process and what we bring with…
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…
We Went to Canada!
Vancouver, BC While we try to figure out where the heck we will be working in a few weeks we are trying to take advantage of our 3 day weekends. This past week we headed to Vancouver, BC! Day One: We attempted to hit to road early… but some of our recent bad luck remained. We…
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…
A Bump in Our Travel Road
We were thrown a bit of a curveball this past week, but we will start with the positive! We started our new jobs in Tacoma on Feb 8th. Although we had some long days we really like the facility and we also enjoy working together! But most of all we like having 3 days off….
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…
Our Time Off – Exploring the Pacific Northwest
In the time between contracts we moved our stuff and decided to take a few mini vacations to explore the pacific northwest. We decided to travel a bit farther than we would like to drive for a weekend trip to make the most of our time off. Both trips were well worth the extra travel…
Our Experience – The Job Hunt, Work, and Travel
We are on the road again and are finalizing everything for our next contracts! This week we are going to share more about our job searching process, what we did at our last contracts, and where we are going next. (These pictures are from our travels this past week) For most travel therapists or other…