Oct 18, 2013

Cruising the Alaskan waters

Kim Hairston 0 Comment Nation, The Baltimore Sun Alaska, British Columbia, Chihuly Garden, cruise, ferris wheel, Glacier Bay, Margerie Glacier, Mount Edgecumbe, Seattle, Sitka, Victoria

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I don’t travel much. Nor do I take many photos during vacation. I welcome a rest from lugging heavy photography equipment and second-guessing what pictures I shot during the day. But this trip was different. My sister and I were taking an Alaskan cruise with our aunt.

I enjoyed seeing a bit of Seattle. Who knew we would see goats on our way to get coffee.
The view from the ship was jaw-dropping beautiful. Mountains, clouds, water. I couldn’t put down my camera.

These are a few of the images from a visually inspiring trip. I’ve got to get out more.

: This is part of a mountain range near Sitka that commanded the view from a tour boat. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)

: Left to right, Molly Shannon and Luz Gaxiola are Duo Finelli. They perform on a street corner near Seattle’s Pike Place Market. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)

: A salmon fishing boat works the waters near Mount Edgecumbe, a dormant volcano near Sitka, Alaska, Alaskan cruise. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)

: View of The Seattle Great Wheel from my hotel balcony. The 175 foot tall ferris wheel opened a year ago and operates on a pier on Elliott Bay. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)

: The blue ice of the Margerie Glacier in Glacier Bay is arresting. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)

: Sea birds fly near the surface of the water near the blue ice of the Margerie Glacier in Glacier Bay. The birds are looking for fish that the calving glacier might have stirred up. The darker lines are from rocks and dirt. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)

: Tourists walk to the entrance to Craigdarroch Castle, a Victorian mansion built in the late 1880s for Robert Dunsmuir. The coal magnate built Craigdarroch on a hill overlooking Victoria. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)

: Visitors to a park overlooking Victoria, British Columbia document their trip as the moon rises. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)

: An organic form catches the afternoon sun. Chihuly Garden and Glass displays many of Dale Chihuly’s colorful glass creations. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)

: Goats clear an area under the Alaskan Way Viaduct. The Seattle Department of Transportation hired Rent a Ruminant to clear steep slopes of overgrowth. (Kim Hairston/Baltimore Sun)