Category: travel

  • BIRDING OUT WEST | SPRING 2024

    BIRDING OUT WEST | SPRING 2024

    Grand Teton National Park – Wyoming Yellowstone National Park – Wyoming Theodore Roosevelt National Park – North Dakota Wind Cave National Park – South Dakota Until next time, Meryn

  • NATIONAL PARKS ROAD TRIP: UPDATE 6

    NATIONAL PARKS ROAD TRIP: UPDATE 6

    The conclusion of our 78 day, national park road trip where we explored 3 parks in Colorado, 1 in Indiana, and our home national park in Ohio! Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park – Colorado Mesa Verde National Park – Colorado Great Sand Dunes National Park – Colorado Indiana…

  • NATIONAL PARKS ROAD TRIP: UPDATE 5

    NATIONAL PARKS ROAD TRIP: UPDATE 5

    Photo dump up to day 65 of our national park road trip where we hit Great Basin in Nevada and the Mighty Five in Utah bringing our park count to 20! Great Basin National Park – Nevada Zion National Park – Utah Bryce Canyon National Park – Utah Grand Staircase-Escalante…

  • NATIONAL PARKS ROAD TRIP: UPDATE 4

    NATIONAL PARKS ROAD TRIP: UPDATE 4

    Photo dump up to day 55 of our national park road trip highlighting California cities including the capitol and a relaxing 4 day stay with friends in San Diego, along with 6 national parks! Redwood National Park – California Santa Rosa, California Sacramento, California Yosemite National Park – California Sequoia…

  • NATIONAL PARKS ROAD TRIP: UPDATE 3

    NATIONAL PARKS ROAD TRIP: UPDATE 3

    Photo dump through day 33 of our National Park road trip highlighting 2 US capitol cities and 4 National Parks! Spokane, Washington North Cascades National Park – Washington Seattle, Washington Olympic National Park – Washington Olympia, Washington Mt. Rainier National Park – Washington Salem, Oregon Crater Lake National Park –…

  • NATIONAL PARKS ROAD TRIP: UPDATE 2

    NATIONAL PARKS ROAD TRIP: UPDATE 2

    Quick photo update through day 16 of our National Park road trip which includes 1 National Monument and 3 National Parks Update: and a proposal Scotts Bluff National Monument – Nebraska Grand Teton National Park – Wyoming Yellowstone National Park – Wyoming Glacier National Park – Montana Next update will…

  • 10 WAYS I AM DOCUMENTING OUR NATIONAL PARKS ROAD TRIP

    10 WAYS I AM DOCUMENTING OUR NATIONAL PARKS ROAD TRIP

    This is the trip of a lifetime, it deserves to be cataloged, documented, and remembered. I love to document – professionally and creatively During the planning stages of this 3 month road trip, Kyle often times asked me what I was most excited for. Of course there were family, friends,…

  • NATIONAL PARKS ROAD TRIP: UPDATE 1

    NATIONAL PARKS ROAD TRIP: UPDATE 1

    And in the blink of an eye, we’re already 5 days into our 3 month road trip. We, *cough* Kyle, has driven just over 900 miles through 6 states. Only one minor inconvenience so far requiring 2nd windshield replacement in 3 months. Lots of good food, great beer, and even…

  • WHY I’M QUITTING MY JOB TO TRAVEL FOR 3 MONTHS + HOW WE ARE MAKING IT WORK

    It’s no secret 2020 was an incredibly hard year, full of heart ache and heart break. I had 9 patients die in 11 days. For context, that was a quarter of the building. It sounds dramatic, but I don’t think I’ll ever recover emotionally. Then you add a management team…

  • SUMMER + ROAD TRIP TBR

    We leave for our 3 month road trip in less than a month! I’ve spent the past few weeks curating a list of books I hope to get to throughout the summer, keeping in mind we will be on the road for the entirety of August and September. I maybe…