Cotopaxi Questival 24 Hours in Portland Maine

Meet the dream team, six basically strangers to all but me, team captain of the Powers Posse.  Brought together by a love of adventure, Maine and a good time. Outdoor enthusiasts, rock climbers, a medical professional, photographer, engineer, van-lifer, art therapist, nurse, and yours truly - a photographer, filmmaker and lover of spontaneity. 

We island and lighthouse hopped. Ate Indian food and oysters. Drank some hoppy beer and a few cups of coffee. Made a pancake the shape of a llama and some Good To Go Foods.  We cheered on a baseball team and arm-wrestled the fire department. We cartwheeled and did enough USCG style pushups to make Kaleigh proud.  We sang songs and learned about snake bites. We hiked a mountain and ran into the ocean. We embraced the silly, wild, outgoing parts of ourselves that rarely get to come out and play. We made a few new friends both on our team and on others and we would do it all over again. 

The other half of the Powers Posse namesake - my little sister Dominique!

Thank you to Cotopaxi for sponsoring our team and for the Questival team for putting on a great event! To find a Questival near you check out their race page HERE.

While our team was supported by Cotopaxi, all opinions expressed here are my own.

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