# @kirstenalana on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BZphlXVl6MA
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/2430199-kirstenalana-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2017-09-30T02:43:25.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Kirsten Alana (@KirstenAlana) — https://gondola.cc/KirstenAlana

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16/16 #CaliforniaWild #sponsored post • By ending our exploration of California in the #CentralValley, we were actually returning to a region we’d briefly touched on earlier this month. It was so fun to experience a farm-to-table picnic on our last day of this trip, following our Facebook Live at @theoldsugarmill. (Did you manage to watch that?) Inside the restored brick structure, that as the name suggests was once a sugar mill, 13 wineries local to the Central Valley are open to the public for tastings and events. It’s only 20 minutes from downtown Sacramento but it feels a world away. And it felt so different from the other regions we visited, so it was a delightful contrast. I noticed a familiar name too as I was wandering the halls. One that we came upon when we first scratched the surface of the Central Valley, up in the Northern portion at @sekahills (second two photos). There we learned of how The Yocha Dehe tribe of the Wintun Nation are cultivating olives, wine grapes, garbanzo beans, asparagus, walnuts, almonds and other crops along with bees for honey on lands that have always belonged to their tribe. We tasted a full spread of all their products that included jerky from their own cattle. I found myself thinking on both those days that I couldn’t remember the last time any one region of a US state felt like it had everything one might need to survive. But that might be because wine, honey, olives, hummus and jerky are some of my favorite foods 😝😂 Either way, it was a pleasant way to wrap up the trip and it’s a region I highly recommend visiting. • I can’t believe this is the last of my official posts from this project with @visitcalifornia & @adventure.travel_. Do you want to still see more from California? I sure have a lot more stories I could share!! • #VisitCalifornia #ThisIsAdventure #OldSugarMill #SekaHills #shotoniphone

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sekahills, visitcalifornia, shotoniphone, californiawild, thisisadventure, oldsugarmill, sponsored, centralvalley

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