Category Archives: Travel Nursing

The End of This Chapter

It is with mixed feelings that I post today….Our travel adventure ends today. On May 20th, 2014…two years, seven months and 10 days ago, Kendra and I left Morehead City, towing a camper, headed for Texas, and into a lifestyle … Continue reading

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Happy Thanksgiving-Merry Christmas

Short post this time…not really much going on.  Kendra is still doing ok…but this hospital has it moments…as they all do.  She had to work Thanksgiving Day, so we left that night after she got off work and drove to … Continue reading

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Dingbatters, once again….

Wiktionary defines “Dingbatter” as a “dialectal North Carolina term meaning  uplanders who come Eastern North Carolina. It is used by residents of eastern North Carolina, including those of Beaufort, to refer to anyone further west than Morehead City. I’ll get … Continue reading

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Hurricane Matthew

Hello from soggy eastern North Carolina.  I have a lot to catch up on so this one might take a bit. First, the hospital has asked Kendra to stay through the end of the year and she has agreed….we’re just … Continue reading

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Moving along…

We are now in the fifth week of this contract here, and it’s been quite a ride.  Kendra doesn’t say much about here work, but I believe this hospital has been the busiest. Kendra got called to the office last … Continue reading

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South Of The Border, Camp Pedro

We are here in Camp Pedro…have been for about three weeks now, and finally getting settled in.  Kendra is in week three of her contract in Laurinburg, NC.  It’s a small, but busy hospital…but that’s nothing new to Kendra.  As … Continue reading

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“What a long, strange trip it’s been….”, Truckin’ by the Grateful Dead

….and surely it has been a long, strange trip. First, let me apologize for my last post….I usually set up a  pre-scheduled post that shows up the day we leave a spot, so I don’t have to stop and take … Continue reading

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Goodbye Florida…

Today, we say goodbye to one of the prettiest places we have been so far….Florida. We say goodbye to our campground, Harris Village…one of the smallest and quietest places we have been, even though it is next door to one of the … Continue reading

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Next stop…

I said last week that we got canceled here….and we were looking for another contract. Darren with ADvantageRN  hit the bricks and started submitting Kendra to other hospitals.  It ended up being between Corpus Christie Texas and Laurinburg North Carolina. … Continue reading

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Slight detour….

Well, what every travel nurse hopes doesn’t happen, but knows inevitably will happen, did happen.  Kendra’s contract got canceled yesterday, out of the blue with no warning.  Personally, I think it was a little underhanded in how it was  done…no … Continue reading

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