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Blake & Faith - Block 1 (2025-26): Final

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  Welcome back to the final installment of the 2025 IHS Block 1 experience. Blake mentioned in our last blog post that we were getting ready to go to the Dubois Rodeo that night. It did not disappoint! We got to see toddlers, up to adults, riding cows, horses, and sheep! Our collective favorite event was the calf scramble, where the kids in the crowd lined up and two calves were set loose for them to wrangle.  Exploring the Tetons … Again The next day after the rodeo, we went hiking in the Tetons for a second time with a Tennessee student named Sammie. The specific hike we did was the Jenny lake loop, which was 7.5 miles total. Yes, you felt all of that 7.5 mile hike, it took like 4 hours but was totally worth it! We saw THREE bears and a moose on the trail! Two of the bears we saw were literally less than 10 yards away from us. It was terrifying yet awesome all at the same time. That being said, bring bear spray! You never know what you’ll see and how close you will be to wil...
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Blake & Faith - Block 1 (2025-26): Midpoint

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Hey y'all! It's Blake! Faith and I have been out here in Wyoming for about 3 weeks now, and we are so happy and excited to share all the fun we've been having while we've been here! Traveling to Wyoming Instead of flying and getting a rental, Faith and I both made the long drive from Auburn to Fort Washakie. It's about a 26-hour drive all told. While that's certainly a long drive, it took us through multiple states (Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, Missouri, Arkansas, and Nebraska, depending on which way you go) and was a beautifully scenic trip. Arriving in Wyoming We arrived in Wyoming late on the Friday before our first day. We spent the weekend getting settled, cleaning up, getting groceries, and making a little home for ourselves. We even got a Roku for the living room TV that we and future students can use! We are here May-June and are so happy and satisfied with the weather, it's such a great time to be out here! First Week of Rotation When ...
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Location: Fort Washakie, WY, USA
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Bailey & Maddie: Block 9 2025 Week 1

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Week 1 Hey y'all! Our names are Bailey Deas and Maddie Northington, and we are excited to share our adventures for our block 9 (March 24-April 25, 2025) APPE rotation in Wyoming! We encourage you to check out our Instagram (@doseofwyoming) for more pictures and fun! Saturday Flight to Salt Lake City $435.95/person round trip Birmingham → Dallas Love Field → Salt Lake City Southwest Airlines Southwest offers free checked baggage; however, they will start charging for them in May 2025. RIP 🪦 Spent the night in SLC at Hilton Garden Inn - Salt Lake City Airport This was a great option, because they offer a 24/7 airport shuttle service. $100.40/night Sunday Picked up rental car (4WD, SUV) $1,456.45 for 33 days We booked through Costco because of the free additional driver and better pricing. Coffee and breakfast at Roots Coffee & Co. Target run There are plenty of sheets, blankets, pillows, and towels at the house. If you don’t want to use those or travel with your own, you can get...
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Location: Fort Washakie, WY, USA
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Week 3 Rotation and Yellowstone

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Week 3 Alright guys, Tom at it again here with a "shorter" blog post for this week. We had rotation back at Ethete on Tuesday and told everyone about our adventures up in Jackson and Pinedale. It was another standard week of rotation with us filling, dispensing, counseling when the opportunity arose, and finishing up a Diabetes presentation we had on DPP4 inhibitors on Wednesday. At lunchtime, Katherine gave us a little extra time to drive up to Riverton to drop our friends off at the airport and still get lunch too. On Wednesday, we had our presentation during the Pharmacy and Therapeutics meeting, which everyone said went well! It was a laid-back meeting and presentation discussing the use of DPP4s and the cost-effectiveness of them in comparison with other diabetes medications. On Thursday, after rotation, we briefly went to a trail in Lander called the Bus Loop, which we struggled to find for a little while, but once we did, we spent about an hour out there. It is a prett...
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Week 2 - Johnny & Jackson Hole

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Week 2 Hello again, When we first got to town Tom and I passed an interesting looking trail that was called Johnny Behind the Rocks. Last Sunday we were able to go out there for the first time. We decided to hike up Red Ridge and try to make it to Johnny Falls, then hiked back on Dry Well Road (despite the name you are still climbing up a massive hill). Also, the Egyptian Time Machine sounds cool, but there’s no pyramids or hieroglyphics to look at so, wouldn’t recommend. Round trip it was going to be about an 8-mile hike. This is a trail that I would say is definitely worth it, the snow made it more difficult for us of course but the views it had were amazing. Just be sure you do it with plenty of daylight and are prepared to climb up about 650 ft. if you take the same paths that we did.       We spent week 2 at the Riverton clinic and met the staff over there. Everyone was very nice and had great recommendations on things to do in the area and Jackson. We spent t...
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