# @kirstenalana on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BZ5-ZkwldbC
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/2430194-kirstenalana-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/9675b3307e.jpg
- **Posted:** 2017-10-06T12:03:04.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Kirsten Alana (@KirstenAlana) — https://gondola.cc/KirstenAlana

## Caption

First blog post is now live #linkinthebio from 19 days and more than 3,600 miles of road tripping through the state of #VisitCalifornia 😳🤣 The 5 individuals in this carousel of photos became like family. Right down to the fact that you don’t always like family but you do always love them. We endured some pretty crazy things together and leaving each other on the last day was a lot harder than I ever imagined it could be. 💕 There’s @borderfreetravels who I was already close to and have worked with before. Kristen’s films are some of the most beautiful I’ve ever seen in travel media and I can’t wait for you to see the ones she is creating for #CaliforniaWild. 💙 There is @adamballard1978 & @kellyenglish78 of @explorecaliforniatravel who were our sainted docents/drivers/field managers/saviors. I want to move to California now so I can see them all the time. Or I’m just going to book one of their trips so I can travel with them again! 💚 Then there is Sherry of @ottsworld who I’ve known the longest but don’t get to see that often. I recently read a blog post by a travel blogger about how ridiculous travel bloggers are and immediately I thought of Sherry *because* she breaks all those molds that this other blogger was railing against. And she always has. I admire her so much and if I ever grow up, I want to be more like her. ❤️ And Kim of @stuffedsuitcase who I met for the first time the day we began in Sacramento. Kim’s blog is full of dynamic information about family travel and if you have kids I can’t recommend you check it out highly enough. Knowing how seriously she takes her job, I know her readers are in good hands. She and I often had to work the most closely together and I can’t wait to see all the photos she took! 💛 Who are your road trip besties? Who are the people you love to travel with? Tag them in a  comment!

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visitcalifornia, linkinthebio, californiawild

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