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Outdoor Adventures with Wander👣🐾📍Maine
Maine Guide🧭WFR🌄AT’14 LT’20⛰️79/NE111
5 Continents🗺23 Countries🌎40 States
34 National Parks🏞️31/50 Highpoints


Light and love, happiness and joy, awe and wonder.
Light and love, happiness and joy, awe and wonder. They’re the feelings that make this season special.🎄✨❄️I hope you felt something meaningful this holiday season and had a moment to appreciate it and maybe thought, “I’m so very lucky.” Wishing you all the best feelings of the season.


38 ~ Here I go into my next adventurous year!
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38 ~ Here I go into my next adventurous year!⛰️🖤🌄Reflecting on the past year around my birthday (December 23) helps me reach toward the future. I love having goals to aim for, so I’ll be continuing with my hiking, National Park and adventure-related goals!In my 37th year, I visited 12 National Parks and hiked my 37th state highpoint (+ DC). Wander and I hiked 11 more Adirondack 46 4,000 footer mountains together! My parents and I explored Mesa Verde, Arches, Canyonlands and Capitol Reef National Parks on a trip inspired by ‘The Wave’ permit I won (after five years of monthly drawings!). What a special hike and an unforgettable trip to share! I renewed my Wilderness First Responder certification and Registered Maine Guide license, too.I loved growing in my Aunt Ali role (x4) this year with my three nieces, Willa, Kaia, and Lenni, and my new nephew, Wesley, and spending time outside with the whole family. I got to garden, walk the dogs and appreciate all the wildlife around us. I feel fortunate to be part of a family of outdoor enthusiasts!Cheers to another year of adventure!#happybirthdaytome #AlisonAdventures #Wander


I hope today brought you joy and gratitude and lef
I hope today brought you joy and gratitude and left your heart feeling full.💛🦃🧡I completed my annual Turkey Trot 5k and spent the day with family, enjoying the company and the best food, including a 27-pound turkey and four desserts! It’s an easy day to feel grateful and a reminder not to take any of it for granted. Thanksgiving reminds us how much we have and how choosing gratitude and contentment each day can shift our perspective, helping us focus on what really matters. Happy Thanksgiving!


Ocean girls,
wild and free as the deep blue sea.
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Ocean girls,wild and free as the deep blue sea.Guided by light and instinct,protected by venom and ink,together we roam, untamed as can be.🪼🌊🐙Happy Halloween from the blue box jellyfish, resilient, glowing and venomous, and the purple octopus, smart, blue-blooded and full of heart!


Today is the 11th anniversary of my 2,185.3-mile A
Today is the 11th anniversary of my 2,185.3-mile Appalachian Trail thru-hike!🖤⛰️👣I celebrate this accomplishment every year because it continues to inspire me (and those I’ve had the honor of sharing my journey with) to choose the adventure, the unknown, the feat you don’t know if you can achieve. Believing in yourself and your dreams over everything - that’ll change you, forever.My Appalachian Trail solo thru-hike was the adventure of a lifetime! Hiking over 2,000 miles challenged and changed me. On my 5 month, 11 day thru-hike through 14 states, I averaged 13.1 miles per day with my highest mileage day at 31.4 miles. I earned my trail name - Homestretch - on the toughest, but best challenge I’ve ever had. Finishing a 2,000 thru-hike shows you enough perseverance and grit to make you realize you can accomplish just about anything and it’s a feeling that never leaves you. My thru-hiking adventure on the Appalachian Trail will forever be a part of me!*****#appalachiantrail #atthruhike #appalachiantrail2014 #appalachiantrailthruhike #homestretch #supergirl #thruhike #thruhiker #MountKatahdin #katahdin #followtheblazes #hiking #hiker #hikergirl #hikerlife #wander #wild #wildandfree #backpacking #ajourneyofathousandmiles #adventureanywhere #solohiking #solotravel #awomansplaceisinthewild #lifeofadventure #bucketlist #outdooradventures #allaboutadventures #solofemaletraveler #alisonadventures


Happy 10th Birthday Wander!
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You’re always remi

Happy 10th Birthday Wander!🐾🖤👣You’re always reminding me to live in the moment and make the most of each one. Here’s to another year of adventure, unconditional love and outdoor enthusiasm with my favorite very good girl.*****#Wander #adventuresinwanderland #neverleavethedogbehind #mydogismy #bestfriend #hikingpartner #adventureseeker #hikerdog #adventuredog #traildog #mountaindog #mountcolden #adirondog #hikenewyork #4000footers #adk46 #ne115 #blacklab #labradorretriever #labsofinstagram #mustlovedogs #dogsthathike #hikingwithdogs #wild #wildandfree #adventuretravel #takeahike #alisonadventures



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