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Here's
Alice!
How
many people do you know who have backpacked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon at
night, with bats whizzing by and scorpions lurking about? Or packed through wild bear and buffalo back country at Yellowstone
National Park? Or scuba dived in
the pristine turquoise Caribbean sea at 60-100 feet with manta rays &
black-tipped sharks circling nearby? Who
do you know who has bicycled 50 miles in the dusty plains of Texas in the heat
of August? Or who thinks a three
day Desert Survival course searching for water, snakes, and edible cactus at the
Big Bend Ranch on the Texas/Mexican border is a fun way to spend a vacation?
Well, get ready to meet Alice Baland, an energetic Texas woman who has
done all these things and more!
Outdoor
Adventurer
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Backpacking
the Grand Canyon
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Alice's interests require endurance, strength, stamina, flexibility, nutrition,
and organization and a sense of fun and love of the great outdoors!.
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Nia
Dancing
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Backpacking
and hiking – expeditions have included the Grand Canyon, Yellowstone
National Park, Yosemite National Park, Mt. Diablo, Sangre de Christo Mountains (Taos),
Palo Duro Canyon State Park, and Big Bend Ranch State Park, which
also included a Wilderness Survival course.
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Cycling
– bike tours have included the Hottern’ Hell Hundred (50 miles), the
Melon Patch Tour (46 miles), and the Mesquite Rodeo Bide Ride (25 miles)
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Scuba
diving – trips have included Belize, Cozumel, Cancun, the Florida
Keys, and the Turks & Caicos Islands.
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Weight
training
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Country & western, jazz, and flamenco dancing
are other activities and interests.
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