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Trekking, Toddler-parenting, & Teamwork
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Trekking, Toddler-parenting, & Teamwork

If you're a mom, you know that "mom guilt" is all too real. Whether it's something you feel naturally or something subtly (or not-so-subtly) pointed out by society, friends, or family, it's a feeling that can be hard to shake. Our Georgia ambassador and Trip Host shares how she navigates this on adventure travel sans daughter and how investing in yourself as a whole person (not just a mom or wife) is crucial.

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Discovering Variety, Flavors, Textures, and Colors in Peruvian Cuisine and Beyond
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Discovering Variety, Flavors, Textures, and Colors in Peruvian Cuisine and Beyond

Sometimes you go on an adventure and everything is perfectly within your comfort zone. Some adventures though are meant to push your boundaries and for trying new things! Women Who Explore Ambassador, Ashley Dodson, shares what she was most anxious about on one of our recent Salkantay Treks to Peru… and it isn’t what you think it would be!

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Somewhere Over the Rainbow
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Somewhere Over the Rainbow

How do I even make this thing go?!! I had never ridden an ATV before and now found myself straddling a four-wheeler trying to figure out what were the brakes and what was the throttle. In the midst of all the rumbling engines, I gave a convincing thumbs-up to the group like any pseudo badass in a superhero helmet would give in that moment. I mumbled “you can do this” into the padding of my helmet, and after a brief orientation and training lap, I now had an imaginary four-wheeling driver’s license.

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