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Solo Female Traveling Around New Zealand
I graduated college in May of 2017, worked a season at the ranch near Glacier National Park, saved up money, and then returned home to Hawaii after my job. From October to December, I got an idea in my head to go to New Zealand. My sister Malia and I booked a flight out to…
Living Seasonally in Truckee, California
Arriving We arrived in Truckee in late May after road tripping from Denver Colorado to the west. We pulled into the small railroad town after driving up a mountain pass from the deserts of Nevada. Truckee sits north of Lake Tahoe surrounded by mountain passes on all sides to get to it. It’s nestled between…
Living in the historic Hahn’s Peak Village, Clark, Colorado
I moved out to Clark Colorado to a ranch called Vista Verde Ranch. They advertise as being in the more infamous Colorado mountain town, Steamboat Springs. But in reality the ranch was about 30 minutes from Steamboat and only 5 from Clark. I had been to Steamboat a couple of times in college before moving…
USAC Summer Studying Abroad in Donostia San Sebastian, Spain
During college I decided to take a summer semester to study abroad. After tedious hours of researching where to go and tons of different summer study abroad programs, I decided on a USAC (University Studies Abroad Consortium) San Sebastian program in the Basque Country of Spain. I didn’t know anyone else studying abroad there that…
A Winter Seasonal Job as a Lift Op in Big Sky Ski Resort, Montana
Andrew worked in Big Sky in 2016 and convinced me to go spend a winter season working and living at Big Sky Ski Resort. We applied for jobs as Lift Operators (Liftee) and applied for employee housing. Two months later just before Thanksgiving we moved into our 12 x 12′ employee dorm just 15 minutes…
Wrangler Summer Seasonal Job in Grand Teton National Park
I’ve been hesitant to write a blog post about a summer spent living and working in one of the most beautiful places on the planet. It will be difficult to try to do justice to describe what an incredible summer this was, but I’ll try my best. Maybe it will even inspire you to go…
Not Another Travel Blogger! Why?
I said “I will never make a blog. That is so mainstream, so basic… I don’t want to talk about myself or what I am doing and don’t want anyone to know.” So I made one!!!! I am treating this more as a story telling place of adventures, mishaps, successes, and learning lessons from my…