WanderWell Tour

Amazing what you’ll find when you observe your path.

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RVing with dogs, means they hangout in the office with us everyday.

Guess who’s back?

After 8 months of travel we had our first flat tire.

Then we took the dogs to the sand dunes and ocean. The lot on their faces was priceless.

Most people think hiking is about the summit.

But the real hikers know:
the most powerful part is the silence.

Here are 11 things you learn about life when you hike without talking much:

𝟏, 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞.

𝟐. 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭… 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐥𝐲 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐧.

𝟑. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬—𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐝, 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐝𝐬, 𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐬, 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭.

𝟒. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭, 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬.

𝟓. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟.

𝟔. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐟 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐰.

𝟕. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬.

𝟖. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧—𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩 𝐛𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐩, 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐛𝐲 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡.

𝟗. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞.

𝟏𝟎. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐬.

𝟏𝟏. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧.

When this is the view outside your front door…

You wake up differently.

Slower.
Clearer.
Lighter.

Freedom isn’t noise.
It’s stillness.

This is living in the state of ARIA —
awareness steady, heart open, mind clear.

Not escaping life.
Returning to it.