# @kirstenalana on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BK4s2xhDWR5
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/2430611-kirstenalana-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2016-09-28T04:19:37.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Kirsten Alana (@KirstenAlana) — https://gondola.cc/KirstenAlana

## Caption

I spent World Tourism Day flat on my back, in a state of almost complete paralysis from a severely pinched nerve, just like I've spent many days now since getting home from Alaska. It's not been fun but it has allowed me a lot of time for thinking and a conclusion I've come to is that Alaska is one of those near-perfect destinations that has something for everyone, one that is still not over saturated from a tourism perspective. I also love that in September you can be knee deep in snow on top of a glacier in the morning, hike through a forest of fall foliage in the afternoon before ending the day with a gourmet meal on top of another mountain. But it was the quiet moments like this one at Spencer Glacier Lagoon with @ascendingpath and my colleagues from #ATWS2016 that I loved most. To my core I love & crave the vibrance, the bountiful options of urban travel but rural vistas feed that deep primal longing in my soul. The one that first called me to be a traveler. The one that has called so many before me to visit Alaska. I can't wait to get better and be back out on the road but until that time, I'll hold on to the memories of moments like this and look forward to the memories yet to be made...

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