Ballard Locks and Fremont

This time I’m going to talk about the Ballard Locks that my classmates and I visited last Wednesday.

First, a lock is a device for raising and lowering boats between stretches of water of different levels on river and canal waterways. So in Ballard there are two locks located at the west end of Salmon Bay and Lake Washington.

 These lock were built for three reasons:

1.  To prevent the mixing of seawater from Puget Sound with the fresh water of the lakes.
2. To maintain the water level of the fresh water of the Lake Union at 20-22 feet.
3. In order to short distances.

The Locks can elevate a large boat from 10 to 15 minutes and the boats that go trough them can pass over 1 millions of cargo, fuel, building material and seafood.

Was a cool experience to visit the Locks.

Tuesday, my classmates went to Ballard, a neighborhood that is located in the northwestern part of Seattle, I couldn’t go because I bought the City Pass and it expires 11/20 and there’s two museums left to see so I went to them: the EMP Museum and the Pacific Science Center.

I heard that Ballard is the traditional center of Seattle's ethnically Scandinavian seafaring community, who were drawn to the area because of the salmon fishing opportunities, so this weekend i would try to go and i will shared my experience with you all.

Thanks for reading my blog.

Antonio.