{"id":1204,"date":"2010-07-18T22:44:14","date_gmt":"2010-07-19T05:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/?p=1204"},"modified":"2010-07-23T10:09:51","modified_gmt":"2010-07-23T17:09:51","slug":"location-scoutinggolden-gardens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/location-scoutinggolden-gardens\/","title":{"rendered":"location scouting~golden gardens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I moved out of Ballard two years ago (after 8 years&#8230;it was tough saying good bye!).\u00a0 I haven&#8217;t been back to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seattle.gov\/parks\/park_detail.asp?id=243\">Golden Gardens<\/a> since I moved to West Seattle.\u00a0 We live within 5 minutes walking distance of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seattle.gov\/parks\/park_detail.asp?ID=445\">Alki Beach<\/a>, so I haven&#8217;t seen the point of driving all the way back over there.\u00a0 I forgot how beautiful Golden Gardens is!<\/p>\n<p>I decided it might be a good idea to check it out on a weekend day just to see how insanely busy it would be.\u00a0 Well&#8230;it was packed full of BBQers (the red dotted line is telling me that isn&#8217;t a word, but you know what I mean \ud83d\ude42 ), sunbathers, picnickers, volleyball players, and just about everyone else in Seattle that runs out the minute the sun is shining :).\u00a0\u00a0 I did manage to find a few spots down towards the end of the beach that were less occupied, and even more beautiful.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"GG 1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/GG-11.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"GG 2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/GG-21.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"672\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"GG 3\" src=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/GG-31.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"GG 4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/GG-41.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"672\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"GG 5\" src=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/GG-51.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"GG 6\" src=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/GG-61.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"447\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ok, honest Abe moment.\u00a0 The cloud picture on the right is actually from the Safeway parking lot on our way home from Golden Gardens.\u00a0 The clouds were so pretty!\u00a0 I <em>had <\/em>to put them in \ud83d\ude42<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"GG 7\" src=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/GG-71.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"672\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"p3-insert-all size-full aligncenter\" title=\"GG 8\" src=\"https:\/\/www.laurenkahanphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/GG-81.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"299\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I moved out of Ballard two years ago (after 8 years&#8230;it was tough 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