Welcome to our journey
Our Story
Hi! We’re Chris and Tracy and we love to travel. Unfortunately, we both have full time jobs working in healthcare which require us to have a home base, instead of the digital nomad life that we envy. However, this lifestyle has allowed us to learn the ins and outs of planning vacations. When we first met, we were very young and enjoyed some domestic travel. When we got married, we decided to go onto our first international trip together. Let’s just say, Tracy caught a bad case of the travel bug. So it was our mission to go everywhere!
We try to plan 3-4 “big” trips a year. In total, we have been to 73 countries together (Chris is at 83 total himself). The biggest thing that we have taken away from this is how to be savvy while traveling. At first, we took a lot of cruises because they were easy. However, we met some new friends on a cruise who told us to come visit them in Malaysia and that was our first trip that we planned all on our own. Let’s say it was a great trip but we made a few mistakes, like severely overpaying for our taxi in Bali. However, we have used everything as a learning experience.
We have lots of friends and family come to us for advice or helping planning. So why not expand our audience and help everyone out! Our motto in life is champagne taste on a beer budget, or more correctly, a 5 star hotel taste for a hostel prices.
Our road crew!
Humans
Our Furry Family
Our Furry Family
Hey, were Chris and Tracy the owners and founders of Nurse and the Nomad, our Van Helen and associated social media sites. Over the years we have traveled extensively to 73 counties (plus) on 6 continents and in 2020 we decided to buy a Van as the pandemic grounded our air travel plans. Immediately we hit the road, in the last few years
Hey, were Chris and Tracy the owners and founders of Nurse and the Nomad, our Van Helen and associated social media sites. Over the years we have traveled extensively to 73 counties (plus) on 6 continents and in 2020 we decided to buy a Van as the pandemic grounded our air travel plans. Immediately we hit the road, in the last few years we have travelled over 70,000 miles, hit the west coast and as far east as the Rockies and even decided to start a YouTube channel to bring our travels to everyone. Check out our blog(s), vlogs, travel advice and all around entertaining adventures.
Our Furry Family
Our Furry Family
Our Furry Family
Two important members of our road crew are Maya and Luna! Maya is our Blue Nose "HippoPitamous", and Luna is our foster fail, so were not sure what she is but we know she's adorable. Both our pups were rescues and they were one of the main reasons we started what we call, part-time Vanlife.
We started this journey with another furry frie
Two important members of our road crew are Maya and Luna! Maya is our Blue Nose "HippoPitamous", and Luna is our foster fail, so were not sure what she is but we know she's adorable. Both our pups were rescues and they were one of the main reasons we started what we call, part-time Vanlife.
We started this journey with another furry friend Keyna, she was an amazing companion, loved a great hike and we know she's chasing that ball in the sky..
~10/17/2021 you will always be loved.
Helen our Van
Our Furry Family
Helen our Van
Helen is our red 2018 59K Winnebago Travato which has become our "cabin on wheels". We wanted to purchase a cabin in the mountains a while back and now we have one that travels from the mountains to the ocean, from deserts to forests and everywhere in between. Helen truly is our escape pod.
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