# @emilyventures on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/B0YvAlBhzUr
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/14159109-emilyventures-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2019-07-26T16:21:17.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Emily A Hart (@EmilyVentures) — https://gondola.cc/EmilyVentures

## Caption

My great uncle was also a math teacher. He liked the same things as me. I’d go to his house to watch Daria on vhs and use the Internet (he was the first person I knew with it). ⁣
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At his funeral I heard a lot of stories about his summers spent traveling. Taking his van to camp in the Grand Canyon. ⁣
So I decided if it was good enough for him, it was good enough for me.⁣
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So four years ago I decided to go. It was my first real solo adventure. I was 29 with just my car and a backpack for a week. I got to the Grand Canyon at sunrise and didn’t stop until after sunset. I walked so long and so far I forgot to eat. ⁣
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And I liked it so much I just kept doing it. Now, 48 total solo parks later it’s just as special. More special. I watch the sun rise and think of that first trip. My uncle. What he would think of me now. Pretty sure he’d be as proud of me as I am of myself. ⁣
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