Hola everyone! I’m back and just as tired as ever (but what’s new LOL). It’s been a fun and adventure filled last week with lots of hiking, deep talks by the fire, and taking many notes in the field. It was probably some of the most beautiful mountain ranges I’ve ever witnessed, and not to […]

Hey guys! Hope life is treating you well! It’s been a little while since I’ve had the chance to blog, but this week has been an exhausting one. After getting home from our cruise we jumped right back into classes and this week was basically midterms for classes which consisted of an exam, lab reports, […]

¡Hola a todos! As I sit here in a small coffee shop in Puerto Natales, watching the rain (and almost sleet) come down from outside the window on this cold Friday day it’s making me ponder the question to what do you define as “wilderness?” We already have the image etched in our minds, it’s […]

Well it sure has been a trek, but I am here safe in the small town called Puerto Natales. It took around 28 solid hours with plane flights, bus rides, and layovers to get here. The surreal beauty of the landscape driving on the small highway to our town and flying over the Andes is […]

Heck to the YES I am! Today is my last day at home (*insert both happy and sad face combined*), and I am enjoying the beautiful North Carolina sunshine, the wind in my face driving down the road, and jamming out to music with my sister and family. I am very excited to embark on […]

The older I get the more I realize how stressful life can be, and how important self-care and mental health is. Finding things that are beneficial to you and your soul is something I continue to seek and learn about myself. It’s a weird kind of growth… the kind that you didn’t even know you […]

Hey guys!!! As my first post I want to say thanks for following and giving it the time to read 🙂 So with this first story we’re going to talk about my past spring break experience in Europe (which included Paris, Barcelona, and Mannheim Germany). I decided since all of my friends and people I […]

Hey friends – thanks for taking some time to check out my travel blog! My name is Luke and I graduated from NC State University in 2020 with a Bachelor’s in Zoology and a Minor in Spanish. After graduation, I joined AmeriCorps and worked at the Racine Zoo in Wisconsin, where I focused on animal […]