Lately, travel nurses have gotten a little bit of a bad rap. Some people that I talk to assume I only travel to make big bucks. While the pay is typically better as a travel nurse, this is not the reason why I continue to take contracts. Nursing in and of itself is not a job you do only for the pay. Being a nurse is both an honor, and something I care deeply about.

If we loved our time in Idaho so much, why did we decide to move on to a different spot? Why didn’t we just stay in the area we had grown to love so much? This post will fill you in on some big life changes we’ve decided to make!

On our trip up to Alaska, our only route only thanks to Covid border closures, was to travel by water. We were happy to find that the Alaska Marine Highway System would allow us to stow our vehicle, bring Ares, and save us a lot of driving to boot. There are several helpful blog and YouTube posts out there, as well as the Ferry’s webpage which we used when deciding on the specifics of our booking…