The Exploratrice is her own woman. There is an allure to the way she gives herself to the moment. A sense of ease to her movements and a laughter that conveys warmth without diminishing the obvious strength underneath. She likes to take the uncommon path; to do her own thing, to follow her intuition. She routinely challenges herself; her beliefs, her boundaries, her physical and mental limits. In doing, so she nurtures her creativity, strength, and individuality. She is resourceful and even self-sufficient when she needs or wants to be. At the same time, she enjoys indulging her senses, immersing herself in new experiences, and seeing beauty and wonder in the world around her and its inhabitants. She is strong. She is feminine. She is every nationality and every age.Tumblr (3.0; @theexploratrice)http://blog.theexploratrice.com/<p><img alt="image" src="http://media-cache-ec7.pinterest.com/192x/98/9b/f5/989bf5ac8cc900766391dbcaf428f483.jpg"/>#heruntamedspirit #playful #fulloflife #goofy #laughter #TheExploratrice <a href="http://dlvr.it/2y9XxB"><a href="http://dlvr.it/2y9XxB">http://dlvr.it/2y9XxB</a></a></p>http://blog.theexploratrice.com/post/43177391125http://blog.theexploratrice.com/post/43177391125Fri, 15 Feb 2013 14:43:00 -0800<p><img alt="image" src="http://media-cache-ec7.pinterest.com/192x/ef/7c/16/ef7c16ebb091b8b2477c85fb0a7b74b8.jpg"/>We’re always dying of laughter. #heruntamedspirit #playful #fulloflife #goofy #laughter #TheExploratrice <a href="http://dlvr.it/2y9XxQ"><a href="http://dlvr.it/2y9XxQ">http://dlvr.it/2y9XxQ</a></a></p>http://blog.theexploratrice.com/post/43177391507http://blog.theexploratrice.com/post/43177391507Fri, 15 Feb 2013 14:43:00 -0800<p><img alt="image" src="http://media-cache-ec6.pinterest.com/192x/2f/db/b9/2fdbb94f69c9f325270928467033aa44.jpg"/>#heruntamedspirit #playful #fulloflife #goofy #laughter #TheExploratrice <a href="http://dlvr.it/2y9XwZ"><a href="http://dlvr.it/2y9XwZ">http://dlvr.it/2y9XwZ</a></a></p>http://blog.theexploratrice.com/post/43177390656http://blog.theexploratrice.com/post/43177390656Fri, 15 Feb 2013 14:43:00 -0800<p><img alt="image" src="http://media-cache-ec1.pinterest.com/192x/16/13/39/1613396cb47afbe283f9a6d6d0027b14.jpg"/>#heruntamedspirit #playful #fulloflife #goofy #laughter #TheExploratrice <a href="http://dlvr.it/2y9Hmj"><a href="http://dlvr.it/2y9Hmj">http://dlvr.it/2y9Hmj</a></a></p>http://blog.theexploratrice.com/post/43174939072http://blog.theexploratrice.com/post/43174939072Fri, 15 Feb 2013 14:11:00 -0800<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly5fl0Exs01qc8le9o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://blog.theexploratrice.com/post/42523543224http://blog.theexploratrice.com/post/42523543224Thu, 07 Feb 2013 12:48:08 -0800<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m484i9mIpj1rwpq19o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://explorers-expeditions.tumblr.com/post/23291894756/explorer-harriet-chalmers-adams-in-the-gobi">explorers-expeditions</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Explorer <strong><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Chalmers_Adams">Harriet Chalmers Adams</a> </strong>in the Gobi Desert.</p> </blockquote>http://blog.theexploratrice.com/post/42523381776http://blog.theexploratrice.com/post/42523381776Thu, 07 Feb 2013 12:45:52 -0800<p class="MsoNormal">Let’s face it, as a female traveling alone you’re going to be the target of men who are interested in a “special” encounter while you are on your adventure. Here are the top five lines I heard while backpacking through Europe for three months, in the winter, staying hostels, on my own. While none of them actually worked, they all made me pause… at least for a second.</p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong>5.</strong> <strong>I know a great Mexican food restaurant.</strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong>4.</strong> <strong>Would you like a massage?</strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong>3.</strong> <strong>Can I carry your bags?</strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong>2.</strong> <strong>My buddy and I are headed to Majorca, Spain to party, want to come?</strong></p> <p><span><strong>1.</strong> <strong>I have a tub and hot water at my place.  </strong></span><span>(Ok, I actually considered if there was a way to get a hot bath and not get into “hot water” with the guy. The answer, of course, was no. Oh, but it was tempting for a minute.)</span></p>http://blog.theexploratrice.com/post/42521518128http://blog.theexploratrice.com/post/42521518128Thu, 07 Feb 2013 12:18:01 -0800http://pinterest.com/theexploratrice/fearless-females-joie-de-vivre/<p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:DocumentProperties> <o:Template>Normal.dotm</o:Template> <o:Revision>0</o:Revision> <o:TotalTime>0</o:TotalTime> <o:Pages>1</o:Pages> <o:Words>75</o:Words> <o:Characters>428</o:Characters> <o:Company>The Exploratrice</o:Company> <o:Lines>3</o:Lines> <o:Paragraphs>1</o:Paragraphs> <o:CharactersWithSpaces>525</o:CharactersWithSpaces> <o:Version>12.0</o:Version> </o:DocumentProperties> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:AllowPNG/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves>false</w:TrackMoves> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing> <w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>18 pt</w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing> <w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery> <w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>0</w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:DontAutofitConstrainedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> </w:Compatibility> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="276"> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style> <![endif]--> <!--StartFragment--><span>We spent the day on the dry plains in search of herds of zebra, antelope, and giraffe.  Once, we even happened upon a pride of lions resting in the mid-day sun.  It is impossible to take it all in; the beautiful scenery, amazing wildlife, it is a primal existence.  This experience offers a small peak into the vastness that originally existed. I feel as though my senses are in overload.  How small I feel here and yet so alive.  I will return to this place in my mind and remind myself of the wonder of our own being.</span><!--EndFragment--></p>http://blog.theexploratrice.com/post/42520088570http://blog.theexploratrice.com/post/42520088570Thu, 07 Feb 2013 11:55:56 -0800http://pinterest.com/theexploratrice/explore-en-route-et-destination/<p><span>There is something about the sensory pleasure of travel that has always been appealing to me. I guess it is because I feel things deeply. I mean really deeply. And I consider this a gift. For example, when it rains like it did last week, I don’t just feel water on my skin, I feel a liquid pouring through my soul, cleansing my spirit. Each drop of water that falls on my skin is like a finger tapping me to wake me up. The smell fills my pours and makes me smile. The sound pitter patters through my mind in an uneven pattern that causes all linear thought to pause and allows me to step away from the drudgery of analysis and play with the sensations of my body… the simple joy of being in the moment wherever in the world I am&#8230;</span></p>http://blog.theexploratrice.com/post/42514571860http://blog.theexploratrice.com/post/42514571860Thu, 07 Feb 2013 10:17:00 -0800http://pinterest.com/theexploratrice/the-exploratrice-sensual/<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/31158028?color=ffffff" width="400" height="224" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Female Explorers Backpacking</p>http://blog.theexploratrice.com/post/19920361515http://blog.theexploratrice.com/post/19920361515Sun, 25 Mar 2012 15:49:32 -0700<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/35557633" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><div> <p>Female Explorers Skateboarding: Endless Roads 3</p> </div>http://blog.theexploratrice.com/post/19783281764http://blog.theexploratrice.com/post/19783281764Fri, 23 Mar 2012 07:58:30 -0700<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/33259372" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Female Explorers Skateboarding: Endless Roads 2</p>http://blog.theexploratrice.com/post/19783265323http://blog.theexploratrice.com/post/19783265323Fri, 23 Mar 2012 07:57:49 -0700<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/31015569" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Female Explorers Skateboarding: Endless Roads 1</p>http://blog.theexploratrice.com/post/19552316185http://blog.theexploratrice.com/post/19552316185Sun, 18 Mar 2012 19:10:00 -0700<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/29579042" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Female Explorers Skateboarding: Endless Roads Trailer</p>http://blog.theexploratrice.com/post/19552156731http://blog.theexploratrice.com/post/19552156731Sun, 18 Mar 2012 19:08:00 -0700<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/6312545" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Female Explorers Snowboarding…</p>http://blog.theexploratrice.com/post/19552085512http://blog.theexploratrice.com/post/19552085512Sun, 18 Mar 2012 19:07:11 -0700<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/vTZbPvdA8IY?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>EDEN “LLG” - SPRING 2012 COLLECTION, STARRING AMY PURDY (by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTZbPvdA8IY&feature=share">elementedenvideos</a>)</p>http://blog.theexploratrice.com/post/19502601514http://blog.theexploratrice.com/post/19502601514Sun, 18 Mar 2012 00:39:23 -0700