A SCIENTIST ON THE ROAD

I have honestly dreaded writing this post because frankly I have no idea where to start. I’ve been here over a year now and already feel...

Badlands National Park, SD For those of you who know me (which if you even known this blog exists is likely you) - you know that I love...

Adding Cumberland Falls to my bucket list was an easy decision! Because it is known as the Niagara of the South, I had to compare it to...

Mammoth Cave National Park Mammoth Cave was a repeat visit for me. Being from the Midwest my family drove EVERYWHERE especially when we...

I admit I have been slacking on my sharing of my adventures in Kentucky - but here I am trying to rectify that. My venture out to Red...

The State of Arizona has 18 National Monuments - the most of any state in the country! I've been to a handful now, but they will all be...

To continue my quest to visit all the National Parks in the US - I found myself planning a trip out to Petrified Forrest NP while I was...

This has probably been one of my favorite spots to explore since I being out in Arizona - and a large part of that is due to the...

Bucket List Progress Now it was originally my intention to put all my National Monumnet visits in one single post because Arizona has so...

Let me start this post by saying - if you are not best friends with your parents, you are doing it wrong! I will also admit that I am...

With the rising temperatures here getting to unbearable levels - I had been keeping my eye out for any day that was not expected to be...

As the weather here in Arizona starts to warm it reminds me of Michigan Summers and all my happy days spent lakeside; be it beaching it...

I will admit that since becoming a medical traveler -the adventures have been nothing shy of amazing! But one of absolute best parts of...

A common short trip from Phoenix is just west to Joshua Tree NP and as a self proclaimed National Park Hopper it's no surprise that I too...

Upon moving out here I was immediatly overwhelmed with the number of gorgeous peaks viewable all around the city of Phoenix. Call me...

Whilst on a short Roadtrip to visit a few of Arizonas National Monuments (of which there are 18), I made an impromptu decision to stop...

For those of you who do not already know (*I did not*); Saguaro National Park is actually broken up into two separate regions. The first...

A brief stop at the Phoenix Desert Botanical Gardens was just the sort of tranquil day I was looking for. An opportunity to stroll...

My two day trip out to Sedona was the first of many I now plan on taking out that way! There is simply just too much out there to be...

Knowing this place is home for the next few months already has me grinning from ear to ear! To say I am excited about it would be a...