# @arielleshipe on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DXPnTi9jkuv
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/64355294-arielleshipe-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/9c52af9e09.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-04-17T19:10:09.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Arielle Shipe | Outdoor Adventure + Motherhood (@arielleshipe) — https://gondola.cc/arielleshipe

## Caption

It wasn’t the plan…

I spent 5 months on trail thinking about a new “post-PCT chapter of life”... one that included kids, but not for at least a few years. But I guess when you’re reunited with your husband after 5 months away, these things happen. lol

The PCT taught me that curveballs can become the best thing that ever happened to you, if you rise to meet them.

I am so glad I learned how capable I was of doing hard things before stepping into motherhood. Because it changed everything about the kind of mom I get to be. A mom who still adventures. A mom who still has goals. A mom who knows that hard things don’t break you, they build you.

I don’t think you need to walk the length of a country to know how capable you are. But sometimes we all need a little reminder.

If you want to keep the adventure alive in motherhood, follow along.

#pacificcresttrail #adventuremom #outdoormom #womenwhohike #motherhoodunfiltered

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- **Views:** 15,578
- **Likes:** 1,716
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- **Comments:** 31

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motherhoodunfiltered, pacificcresttrail, adventuremom, womenwhohike, outdoormom

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