Travel and Lifestyle Blog by Ashley West
EXCURSIONS I recommend choosing a whale watching excursion, while visiting Juneau Alaska. There are several whale watching excursions available to buy in town, or through the cruise line. Most whale watching excursions guarantee whale spotting, or your money back. We booked The Best of Juneau excursion through Princess. The Best of Juneau included a couple hours …
EXCURSIONS Booking an excursion through the cruise line at every port, can get expensive. A lot of cruise tourists don’t know that you can book excursions in town for about a third of the price! That is what we did in Ketchikan. As soon as we got off the boat, there were several excursion booths, …
FOOD When traveling, I like to try the type of food the city or country is known for. A Poutine is a Canadian dish, which is french fries topped with brown gravy and melted cheese curds. It kind of reminded me of chili cheese fries. I’m not a big fan of soggy fries, so I …
ASTORIA Plan a visit to the Astoria Column. https://astoriacolumn.org/ After climbing to the top of the monument, you will have a nice view of the Columbia River, Young’s Bay and the Coast Range. It is absolutely breathtaking! There are 164 stairs that you will have to climb before you reach the top, but the view is …
FREE ATTRACTIONS If you plan to visit Portland Oregon between April-October, I recommend visiting the International Rose Test Garden. I could spend hours here, taking pictures, smelling roses, and admiring its beauty. There might be a small fee for parking, but entering the garden is free! 2. Portland Oregon is gorgeous! You will want …
Food One of my favorite things to do in New Orleans is eat, because there is nothing more tasty than food from the south! Some of the foods that New Orleans is known for are red beans and rice, jambalaya, charbroiled oysters, crawfish, beignets, gumbo, shrimp creole and bananas foster. The Standley Restaurant is one of …
I was born and raised in Phoenix Arizona, so I enjoy exploring different cities and towns in my home state. Zack and I wanted to go somewhere both of us have not been to before, to celebrate our anniversary. Both of us love wine, so we thought Elgin would be perfect. Senoita-Elgin is the wine …
Food Albuquerque New Mexico is about 6 hours from Phoenix, and 4 hours East of Flagstaff. New Mexican food is to die for. New Mexican food is all about blue corn tortillas, chile rellenos, (stuffed chili pepper) and stuffed sopapillas. I usually eat at Cervantes every time I’m in Albuquerque. I usually order stuffed sopapillas …