Elizabeth’s Adventures

Category: North America

  • Travel to Nairobi, Kenya

    September 12-14, 2023: I have a thing for routines. This is ironic since my life is constantly changing. If something works well, I like to repeat it. Last year I discovered that Qatar offered very valuable award tickets from the USA to Africa. When I decided to visit East Africa this trip, I made a…

  • Here We Go Again!

    September 2023: It’s time! I’ve worked my 26 weeks this year so now let’s go explore the world! I keep telling myself I’ll stop traveling and settle down but the world is calling. There is so much to see and do! I’m giving myself another 4 months to vagabond around the world. The big goal…

  • Road Trip from Montana to Chicago (and a quick trip to Mexico for a wedding)

    August 17-29, 2023. Where did the summer go? Somehow my travel nurse contract in Montana had come to an end, and I was headed east to catch a flight from Chicago. I decided a week-long road trip would allow me to take the scenic route, visiting the Canadian Rockies and the North Dakotan Badlands on…

  • National Parks: Glacier, Yellowstone and Grand Teton (all while working in Montana)

    May-August, 2023. This was the first time I took a travel nurse job for the location over the hospital and pay. In the past, I’d prioritized high acuity, large teaching centers where I would grow and advance as a pediatric critical care nurse. However, while I love taking care of really sick children and their…

  • Alaskan Cruise

    April 29-May 6, 2023 One highlight to working in Seattle was the ease of taking an Alaskan Cruise. The cruise terminal is in downtown Seattle, so it felt almost sacrilegious to not partake in a cruise. Cruising is not my normal travel style, but I have fond memories of a Caribbean cruise as a child.…

  • Winter in Seattle, WA

    January-April, 2023. I’ve been working as a travel nurse for a few years now. As a travel nurse, I work at hospitals that need help for a short period of time. Most contracts are 13 weeks long. Seattle Children’s had been on my list of hospitals to work at for awhile, so when they had…

  • Cross Country Road Trip: Travel Nurse Seattle

    Welcome back to the USA. The shock of complete freedom to normal life is always a harsh transition for me. Thankfully, I had the winter holidays and time with family to soften the impact. I applied and interviewed for travel nurse positions while in Thailand, so I already had a job lined up. However, each…

  • Let the Adventure Begin!

    August 25, 2022: I’m writing this from 30,000ft on my way to Cape Town, South Africa, where I will begin my next round-the-world trip. The idea of this trip has been in the works since I came back from the last one. The goal of this trip is to visit the far away places that…

  • Round the World Trip 1-Recap

    In 2019, I took a trip I’d been dreaming about for years. I knew even before graduating university that I wanted to travel a lot. So from 2017-2019, I focused on saving money, paying off my loan, accumulating airline miles, and creating a minimalist lifestyle. I thought I would work in the UK as a…

  • Relaxing in Hawaii

    The last week of my 9 week leave of absence from work was spent in Hawaii. From Ecuador, I flew to Portland first to visit with family before flying on to Oahu with my mother. The rest of my family was going to be in Hawaii for a cousin’s wedding, so I had to come…