Epic Ketchikan Excursions You Will Never Forget
Read more: Epic Ketchikan Excursions You Will Never ForgetKetchikan Excursions If you’re cruising to Ketchikan, get ready to visit one of Alaska’s most unforgettable ports. Dubbed “Alaska’s First City” and the “Salmon Capital of the World,” this city offers some of the most unique tours in all of Alaska! But with so many tours to choose from and…
10 Wildlife Species to See on an Alaskan Cruise (and exactly where to spot them!)
Read more: 10 Wildlife Species to See on an Alaskan Cruise (and exactly where to spot them!)If you’re taking an Alaska cruise, you don’t need to book a bunch of wildlife excursions to have amazing animal encounters. One of my favorite things about growing up in Southeast Alaska is that the wildlife is just a part of everyday life. You’ll often see bald eagles perched in…
The 10 Alaska Cruise Excursions You Need to Book Today!
Read more: The 10 Alaska Cruise Excursions You Need to Book Today!When you set out on an Alaska cruise, your trip will be packed with incredible scenery, but the excursions are where the real adventure begins. Whether you’re dreaming of watching humpback whales breach just feet from your boat, landing on a glacier by helicopter, or soaring over Misty Fjords in…
Advice from a Local: How to Pack for an Alaska Cruise
Read more: Advice from a Local: How to Pack for an Alaska CruiseHi there! I’m Ella, and I grew up in Ketchikan, Alaska. Year after year, I would watch literally millions of cruise ship passengers arrive either perfectly prepared or freezing and cold because they packed all the WRONG gear for Southeast Alaska. I get the confusion. Alaska is a big place,…
8 Must-Try Foods on Your Alaska Cruise (and exactly where to find them!)
Read more: 8 Must-Try Foods on Your Alaska Cruise (and exactly where to find them!)Set Sail on a Culinary Adventure! Maybe you booked an Alaska cruise for the wildlife, or maybe it was for the unbelievable scenery. Well, after your visit, the food might be the reason you book a trip back. Southeast Alaska is known for its abundance of wild seafood, but you…
10 Not So Simple Decisions I Made as a First Time Mom
Read more: 10 Not So Simple Decisions I Made as a First Time MomLeading up to my delivery, I felt so assured that I had made all the big decisions prior to my baby’s arrival. What I didn’t know at the time is that I, in fact, had not prepped or felt ready to make the bigger, more important decisions that most people…
How to have a Long Distance Relationship Success Story
Read more: How to have a Long Distance Relationship Success StoryWhat do you think of when you think of a long distance relationship? Chances are, the thoughts that come to mind aren’t overwhelmingly positive. Long distance relationships often get a bad rep. There seems to be a stigma that long distance relationships ‘never last’ and most swear that they’d never…
How to conquer the unknown
Read more: How to conquer the unknownSo many unknown roads. Which one to take? What’s your biggest fear? Mine has always been fear of the unknown. This has led to multiple personal draw backs. I’m indecisive. I over plan. I get stressed over commitment. I am a nervous wreck when big changes happen. I’ll wait and…
New Holiday traditions and goals to start before 2021
Read more: New Holiday traditions and goals to start before 2021The perfect time to start new traditions and goals for 2021 is before the new year Don’t wait ’till the 1st day of January! I believe that the days before a new year is the ideal time to start new traditions and goals. Now hear me out. New Traditions The…
How to find magic during the holidays
Read more: How to find magic during the holidaysHoliday magic The magic of the holidays still persists even in 2020. I’m still in disbelief that Christmas is less than a week away! It felt as if the year was dragging along at a crawl with no end in sight for so long, and now we are at the…
How heartbreak led to beautiful poetry
Read more: How heartbreak led to beautiful poetryHeartbreak The morning started with a facetime filled with giggles and texts with kissy faces. The night ended with puffy eyes and a tear soaked pillow. The sorrowful heartbreak led to some beautiful poetry. The fall Golden light shimmers upon you one moment, life’s darkest hour descends upon you the…
Fresh Poetry Screensavers + how to create your own!
Read more: Fresh Poetry Screensavers + how to create your own!Greetings to all the poets and friends alike! With the change in season and with promises of a COVID vaccine coming soon, I decided I needed a spruce up in my life with some more positive energy. To start off easy, I focused on my digital world and focused on…
Dark Wolf – Fellow Poet Submission
Read more: Dark Wolf – Fellow Poet SubmissionThis weeks featured poem is from a fellow poet, Feathertail. Once they sent me this poem, I just had to share! The contrast between different emotions evicts such a strong, twisted feeling when read through start to finish. Let me know your thoughts on the poem in the comments below…
Haikus + The ultimate MUST SEE destination in Alaska
Read more: Haikus + The ultimate MUST SEE destination in AlaskaTHE BEST PLACE IN ALASKA – quite possibly the world My favorite place in the entire world is at the top of Dude Mountain. If you take a winding dirt road through mountain rimmed valleys on Revillagigedo island, you’ll come to the trail head. The ascent is 1500 feet to…
10 things you should do BEFORE your first adventure + poetry to spark wanderlust
Read more: 10 things you should do BEFORE your first adventure + poetry to spark wanderlustEvery adventure starts out with the unknown. Minimize the avoidable mishaps by reading the 10 things I wish I knew before my first adventure. #1 – Buy a wall adapter! This is an absolute must for those traveling overseas. What a shock it was when my phone was at 3%…
Stay in bed. Poetry for those lazy Sunday afternoons
Read more: Stay in bed. Poetry for those lazy Sunday afternoonsHappy Sunday to my poets out there! This is a poem that makes me envision those lazy Sunday afternoons after a nice cat nap. Sometimes it’s just nice to stay in bed and not having the constant pressure of obligations and ever pressing time weighing on you. Sundays are notorious…
Salt Kiss – Powerful Poetry that flows using enjambment
Read more: Salt Kiss – Powerful Poetry that flows using enjambmentHello Poetry Lovers! I wanted to throw in a short work that uses enjambment (word of the day!) Enjambment is a term used when a sentence continues onto the next line without any punctuation. Think of it like a run on sentence that flows from one line to another. The…
About Me
Read more: About MeLet’s start with the basics. My name is Ella. I was born in Nebraska, grew up in Alaska, and then moved right outside NYC after high school. I spent my late teens and early twenties on sailing on merchant vessels that literally took me around the globe. In just under…
Your Body is a Temple – Poetry about self love and body acceptance.
Read more: Your Body is a Temple – Poetry about self love and body acceptance.Love your body. Your body is so much more than a object to punish. Your body is a temple, created by the billions of micro organisms and cells. They all existing to ensure your prosperity. That makes you the goddess, the collection of all their efforts, existing in the temple…
