# @kirstenalana on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2019-08-28T13:06:41.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Kirsten Alana (@KirstenAlana) — https://gondola.cc/KirstenAlana

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From the MidCoast, on this assignment for GLP Films, we drove toward Canada till we were deep in the heart of @melakesmtns; first in the town of Bethel, then in Rangeley before ending in the Carrabassett Valley. While in the region, we met so many incredible locals that made us feel at home. But few were as naturally charismatic as Bill Pierce, who initiated us into the town of Rangeley starting with a visit to the Historical Society and Outdoor Heritage Museum. Here he is sitting on the porch of the Museum with his dog Zeke who was so sweet.
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Something in this image, which I didn’t do purposefully at the time, really encapsulates a lot of what there is to love about the Lakes and Mountains region as well as what almost all the locals stated that they love to do: just be outdoors; enjoying the view, breathing the fresh air, reveling in nature’s gifts. They do this on the water in a boat, on their porch, by hiking or biking trails in the woods and along rivers. It seems you can’t live deep in Maine without loving the great outdoors.
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In fact, Rangeley was once a hot bed for nearly loving the great outdoors to death at a time in world history when people didn’t understand conservation of natural resources the way we do now. So as I understood it, I think the Outdoor Museum also helps to remind people that nature is a finite resource which we have to be careful to take care of as much or even more so than we enjoy it.
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And with Bill at the helm, it’s also a museum full of the history of incredible women, like “Fly Rod” Crosby and Carrie Stevens, who were early pioneers in guiding visitors to the lakes and mountains of Maine. He was so enthusiastic about sharing those women’s stories. I found myself really moved by that. I think he’s a must know local if for no other reason than you just can’t walk away from an interaction with him having failed to learn something new.
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It’s not only women in the past who have shaped what the Lakes and Mountains are now. There are amazing women still doing it today. More on that in my next posts... #UnscriptedMaine #MELakesMtns 
#MaineThing #rangeleymaine

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