Hike to Caribou Lake Colorado Hike Caribou Lake and experience why Colorado is amazing. This gorgeous trail in Nederland, Colorado is a perfect one night backpacking trip or day hike. You get views at the top of a mountain pass, some wildflowers sightings if you're lucky, and a campsite near a [...]
Best Free Trails Near Longmont, Colorado I consider myself incredibly lucky to live in a place as pretty as Colorado. The Rocky Mountain views from Longmont make me whisper "wow" on a daily basis. While it's not in the mountains, it's close. This town has done an awesome job of establishing [...]
12 Self Care Ideas for Nurses It was just Nurses' Week, and I am worried for nurses. I myself am not okay post-covid, and I know many others who feel the same way. Instead of writing about the outdoors like I normally do, I decided to brainstorm some self care ideas [...]
The Best Easy Hike Rocky Mountain National Park There are probably 1000 blog posts on this hike, but I too need to rave about the best easy hike Rocky Mountain National Park. It's called the Emerald Lake Trail, and it includes THREE gorgeous lakes - Nymph, Dream, and Emerald Lake - [...]
10 Bucket List Backpacking Trip Ideas I hope these Backpacking Trip Ideas inspire you. I hope you'll plan your next adventure and spend many hours and days in nature - where we are meant to be. Once you start backpacking, it becomes a bit of an addiction. Time spent alone on [...]
Running while Traveling - How and Why You Should Do It Travel and running - they go together like chocolate and peanut butter. They're both awesome, and when done together, they enhance your life. Running while traveling can be one of the best experiences. Anytime I get asked what I like [...]
Run this Minnesota UltraMarathon + My Experience I ran a Minnesota UltraMarathon for my first ultra. I have since raved about how fun - yes FUN - it was. Everything about it was awesome. The course - it was a 5 mile loop that you ran as many times as you [...]
Adventure More as a Travel Nurse With the word "travel" in the name, one can assume that Travel Nurses travel more than the average human. And yes, you will travel to each contract and experience that new city. This post is about more than that, though. It's about how to take [...]
Tips for Rotating Shifts as a Travel Nurse Are you awake enough to hear my tips for rotating shifts as a Travel Nurse? Or did you just work all night, take a 3 hour nap, and are barely functioning? I'll try to keep this short and sweet to help you survive [...]
How to Canoe Camp in Voyageurs National Park To truly experience Voyageurs National Park, one must be on the water. For me to truly experience a National Park, I must go camping. In Voyageurs, the only campsites are "boat in" sites. If you're like me and want to canoe [...]
