Locks and Lox
October 11th, 2007 by Nadja
One of my favourite spots in Seattle are the Ballard Locks connecting the freshwater-lakes Lake Union and Lake Washington and salty Puget Sound. I can spend hours watching the locks fill up to lift the ships to another waterlevel - or let the water out to lower the ships.
Close to the locks is a fish-ladder that allows the salmon to migrate from one body of water to the other. One can very closely watch the enormous salmon climb the fishladder. Which is absolutely fascinating. The only downside being that it seems a bit like cannibalism when one enjoys the amazing lox at the Pike Place Market a few hours later…
I’ve been to locks quite a few times and enjoyed it immensely every time. But what really caught my eye the last time I was there was this monument:
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