Well, Victoria has just finished another contract and you all know what that means, time for our next adventure. This time our adventure is going to be just a tad different, we’re having our first child! A boy due on September 9th we’ll be calling him Timothy Zygmunt Czarkowski. The Timothy of course comes from my father and me. Zygmunt was the name of my polish grandfather who I unfortunately never had the opportunity to meet. Plus Timothy Zygmunt Czarkowski is as Polish as it gets, it rolls right off the tongue, lol.
So, as so many have asked, is this the end of TotalTravelers.com? Are you selling your RV, moving back into your home, and settling down? Absolutely not. As I write this I’m on the flight back to Savannah so we can be with family when Victoria gives birth. We’ll then spend another month or two in Savannah before heading back out to California to pick up the truck and fifth wheel.
From there we won’t know exactly where we’ll be headed but somewhere warm in the southwest is the plan, maybe Palm Springs or even better Tucson where my grandparents live.
We are also planning on going to Alaska next summer with baby in tow. We will take two months to drive there, work a two or three month assignment, and then take another two months to get back south before winter hits again. That’s the plan anyways… we’ll see what happens, lol.
So you probably won’t hear too much from us till we begin our Alaskan adventure. However I do plan to write a few posts about living full-time in a RV with an infant. It’s going to be a challenge for sure! Please wish us the best of luck.
Hello everyone! It’s that time again. Tim and I are going to go on another road trip adventure, this time to Baja California! Before all that, I would like to tell you about my last assignment in Tucson, Az.
I worked at Tucson Medical Center, but everyone around here calls it TMC for short. I worked night shift in the ICU. They call it the Neuro ICU, however I personally consider it to be more of a medical ICU. There is also a CVICU (Cardiovascular). The night shift staff has a great team work mentality and are very traveler friendly. I can go into more details if anyone has questions please post them in the comment section.
We parked our home at Far Horizons RV resort. As the name implies, it is an age restricted park (55+), but they allow travel nurses to stay. I can’t tell you how friendly and welcoming the people are at this park. Tim and I are obviously not 55 but we never felt out of place. We made friends with many of our neighbors and even learned how to play a new game, Pickleball! The park is spotless, with at least 5 staff constantly pruning or raking. There is a very nice clubhouse with a pool and hottub. As a traveling nurse, this is a prime spot to stay because of it’s location near different hospitals, including TMC.
Tucson is a great place to visit although it can get very hot in the summer, with daily tempatures exceeding 95 degrees F. Tim and I were here from October to December. This was a great time to be here because the park wasn’t very crowded and the tempatures were perfect 70 degrees F during the day 50 degrees F at night. The snowbirds start to flock here in December and fill up the RV parks till March. There are lots of hiking opportunities. Sabino Canyon National Forest is just around the corner but can get really crowded on the weekends. There are a variey of other forests/parks that are less than an hour drive including Saguaro National Park and Mount Lemon. Since the University of Arizona is here in Tucson, the downtown scene has a fun party vibe going on at night especially during the football season home games.
All in all, my experience in Tucson was pretty awesome. I will remember the friends I made here and the friendliness of the general public. I could see myself returning here for another assignment in the future.
Tucson is surrounded by mountains, you can see this view when you look north. It is spectacular when the sun sets.
This is one of the many washes in Tucson. A wash is like a big ditch that collects water when it rains or after the snow melts in the spring from the surrounding mountains. This wash is made of concert but some are walled off land that have bushes and trees in them. Animals, like coyotes, use these as highways to get into the city.
Tim and I hiking on Mount Lemon.
Melissa, one of my friends I met at TMC, and I hiking a trail on Mount Lemon.
Tucson is famous for their Sonoran hotdogs! You must try one.
Thanksgiving at Timmy’s grandparents. I had to work that night, hence the scrubs.
Hiking at Sabino Canyon.
The trail to seven falls in Sabino Canyon.
Tim and I at Seven Falls in Sabino Canyon.
Saguaro sunset
Me and my pals, Chris and Ashley, at the Sky Bar in Tucson. See the telescope to the left?
Tim and I at Wasson Peak, the highest point is Saguaro National Park (west).
Anthony, another friend I made at TMC, and I posin’ like a Saguaro at Saguaro National Park (west).
Nursing friends going for drinks after work to celebrate my last shift at the best bar in Tucson, the Bambi! (From left to right – Ashley, Fred, muah, Racheal and Chris.)
Tim and I dorkin it up with our 3D glasses at the premiere of Star Wars.
Last Hoo-rah with my friends I met at TMC. (from left to right – Ashley, Melissa, Chris and muah!)
