{"id":1057,"date":"2010-07-10T12:08:45","date_gmt":"2010-07-10T19:08:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/?p=1057"},"modified":"2010-07-30T21:24:37","modified_gmt":"2010-07-31T04:24:37","slug":"alaska-cruise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/alaska-cruise\/","title":{"rendered":"alaska cruise&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was very fortunate to be able to go on a 7 day cruise to Alaska this last week.\u00a0 I am usually not one for landscape photography, but&#8230;really&#8230;how could I not??!<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"A-IMG_6990\" src=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/A-IMG_69901.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There was a constant fog&#8230;which was kind of cool\/eerie, yet had me frequently wondering why a lot of my pictures were &#8220;foggy&#8221;~oh&#8230;duh!\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1199\" title=\"A x 2 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/A-x-2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/A-x-2-1.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/A-x-2-1-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1202\" title=\"A x 2 2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/A-x-2-21.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/A-x-2-21.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/A-x-2-21-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I kept thinking these looked like sugar cubes (odd, I know)!\u00a0 I took these through a float plane window, but you can imagine how pretty the colors are!!!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"A glaciers x 2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/A-glaciers-x-21.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"299\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Under the docks by the float plane&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"A-IMG_7268\" src=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/A-IMG_72681.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Aaaaall Aboooooard!\u00a0 Oh, how I loooooove trains!\u00a0 The curve of them, the colors, going around the tracks, the tracks themselves, the fog&#8230;.I could go on and on!\u00a0 Instead, I just took a bunch of pictures\u00a0\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"A-Train x 2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/A-Train-x-21.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"672\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"A trains x 4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/A-trains-x-41.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1068\" title=\"A train bridge fog\" src=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/A-train-bridge-fog1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/A-train-bridge-fog1.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/A-train-bridge-fog1-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>One of our excursions was stopping by the Klondike Gold Fields  Panning  show.\u00a0 We toured a decommissioned gold dredge, learned the  history of  the gold miners, and got to pan for gold (shocking that we  all got some  dust in our pans!!)\u00a0 I was fascinated by the old dredge and  took most  of my pictures of it&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1062\" title=\"A dredge guide\" src=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/A-dredge-guide1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/A-dredge-guide1.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/A-dredge-guide1-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1063\" title=\"A dredge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/A-dredge1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/A-dredge1.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/A-dredge1-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1061\" title=\"A dredge 2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/A-dredge-21.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/A-dredge-21.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/A-dredge-21-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And then came the DOLPHINS!\u00a0 Are you kidding me?\u00a0 They were just playing in our wake, and swimming right up to the ship.\u00a0 I must have taken 50+ pictures before I had to drag myself away.\u00a0 Then, I ran over to the other side of the ship just to make sure they weren&#8217;t doing anything more exciting over there \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1059\" title=\"A dolphins 3\" src=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/A-dolphins-31.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/A-dolphins-31.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/A-dolphins-31-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"A dolphins x 2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/A-dolphins-x-21.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"672\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"A dolphin 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/A-dolphin-11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Surprisingly enough, I didn&#8217;t take THAT many pictures of my family on this trip!\u00a0 I did&#8230;but for me?\u00a0 Not so many.\u00a0\u00a0 Here are some of my favorites&#8230; \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1201\" title=\"H mountain 2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/H-mountain-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/H-mountain-2.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/H-mountain-2-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1084\" title=\"A charlie\" src=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/A-charlie.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/A-charlie.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/A-charlie-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1086\" title=\"A-3 kids\" src=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/A-3-kids.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/A-3-kids.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/A-3-kids-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1085\" title=\"a jackson\" src=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/a-jackson.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/a-jackson.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/a-jackson-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1083\" title=\"a c and a\" src=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/a-c-and-a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/a-c-and-a.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/a-c-and-a-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1082\" title=\"a a\" src=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/a-a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/a-a.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/a-a-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1090\" title=\"A-williams family\" src=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/A-williams-family.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"672\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/A-williams-family.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/A-williams-family-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1091\" title=\"A-h and h\" src=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/A-h-and-h.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/A-h-and-h.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/A-h-and-h-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We were at sea over Fourth of July.\u00a0 We didn&#8217;t get to see any fireworks, but my adorable niece still got all dressed up for the day.\u00a0 SO CUTE!!!!\u00a0 She was like a little 4th of July doll \ud83d\ude42<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"Abby x2 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Abby-x2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"672\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"Abby x2 2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Abby-x2-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"672\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"Abby x2 3\" src=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Abby-x2-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"672\" \/><\/p>\n<p>All this was made possible by Houston&#8217;s mom and her husband Eddie&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1078\" title=\"Thank you Darla Eddie\" src=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Thank-you-Darla-Eddie.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Thank-you-Darla-Eddie.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Thank-you-Darla-Eddie-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was very fortunate to be able to go on a 7 day 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