# @emilyventures on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DcZx7pwypMj
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/69750076-emilyventures-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/d25ee7e512.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-08-24T00:34:20.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Emily A Hart (@EmilyVentures) — https://gondola.cc/EmilyVentures

## Caption

I’ve never really felt like I fit the stereotype of an outdoor adventurer.

I love getting outside, but I also love getting dressed up, being comfortable, taking my time and sitting somewhere beautiful doing absolutely nothing.

This week I spent time at @Outdoor_Retailer, where so many smaller outdoor brands and founders came together to share what they’re building. I met founders doing things differently — creating products, building businesses and bringing their own ideas about what the outdoors can be. [sponsored]

And I loved that.

Because I don’t need to fit the stereotype to belong here.

I’ve traveled to all 63 national parks solo. But I’ve also learned that adventure doesn’t always have to be about going farther, faster or harder.

It can be pushing myself way outside my comfort zone.

It can be simply being somewhere new.

And it can be saying, “Yeah… I’m going to sit this one out.”

I don’t think that makes me less adventurous.

I think it makes adventure mine.

A few of the brands I loved at Outdoor Retailer:

@Tenderactive — non-toxic activewear

@Mc.Senderson — scratch-off destination maps

@Deneen_pottery — 2nd generation family hand-thrown pottery business (where your NP gift shop mug likely came from)

@Hedi_gear — patch-customizable backpacks

@AllOver.Apparel — women-owned overalls and apparel from CO

@DrinkHuxley — energy drink + electrolytes made with real fruit juice

#wildreach #outdoorretailer @popflyco

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## Tags

outdoorretailer, wildreach

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