The Ballard Locks.... just like Goldilocks!

This morning I took the three kids to the Ballard Locks to watch the boats go through the locks and to watch the salmon go through the fish ladder. It was so great! Andrew and Hailey loved watching how the locks worked, and we sat for a long time watching the lock fill with water, then open to let the big yachts through into Lake Washington.

The fish ladder is one of my absolute favorite things in Seattle. It is an amazing feat of nature that these salmon jump up the 21 holding bins, to go up the 35 feet from Puget Sound into Lake Washington. We went during high tide (a must!), and so the fish were really jumping through the ladder. The highlight, of course, is watching the fish through the big underground windows. The person who loved it the most was Greta!

Andrew has been saying really funny things lately. Today's comment came when we were driving to the Locks, and I was telling the kids that they are called the "Ballard Locks." Andrew piped up loudly and said, "That is just like Goldilocks!!!" HA!

This one picture below was taken on 8-20 of last summer, when Greta was only a month old. This is the exact same bush as in the photos above. My, how times have changed in just one year!