If you’re a travel nurse, you understand that life on the road means life away from friends, family, colleagues, pets and other familiarity. And with Father’s Day just around the corner, you’re bound to feel even a little more ‘away.’ But that doesn’t mean there aren’t things you can do to make you and dad feel closer than ever.

Even though you’re on the road, it doesn’t mean you can’t get something personal AND delivered to dad in time. Thanks to the Internet, getting dad a gift could take mere minutes.

Here are a few ideas that could help make a Father’s Day as a travel nurse enjoyable for you and dad:

• Get dad to go digital: A new digital camera loaded with pics of you for him to print and enjoy. Or, how about a digital frame with pics of you on it and a special message that he can listen to any time he needs to hear your voice.
• Take a classic tie and make it soooo 2008. Kodak.com has a great twist for the classic Father’s Day gift - use one of your favorite photos and make it into a tie.
• Write a book…well, ok, not a novel or anything like that, but blurb.com offers some cool way to turn pics and words into a great memoir for dad.
• Say it with a slideshow. Simple and fast, there are plenty of programs that allow you to take music and photos and turn the two into a great slideshow for dad. Make it sentimental, or make it rock - either way, make it for dad.
• Give the gift of adventure. Don’t want to rely on the past to give dad a great day? How about giving him an exciting future? Giftybox.com offers over 100 wild activities all across the U.S. - paragliding, bungee jumping, kiteboarding and more await dad’s adventurous side.
• Get a gadget that could save his life. You can get a quality Swiss Army knife for an affordable price. Go the extra mile and get it engraved. Heck, get yourself one while you’re at it.
• The gift that keeps on grillin’. Nothing says “man” like some grillin’ tools. A man-sized spatula and tongs.

No matter what you choose for dad this Father’s Day, he’ll know his travel nurse son/daughter cares regardless of how many miles away you are.