Ballard Locks - Fish Ladder 07-04-2012

I woke up in a sunshiny morning!  Wonderful! 

My friend and I decided to go to Ballard Lock to see boats, fish, dogs, birds, and of course people.

We enjoyed watching the Ballard Lock (aka Lake Washington Ship Canal) locks in operation as they assist boats passing between Lake Union and the Puget Sound. We also enjoyed the fish ladder, used by salmon to travel upstream to the waters of Lake Washington and beyond. 

From Ballard Lock, we walked to Discovery Park.  Discovery Park is located on Magnolia Bluff overlooking Puget Sound. The Park offers spectacular view of both the Cascade and the Olympic Mountain ranges.

Before we left Ballard, we visited Edith Macefield Ballard house. Edith had refused to leave her tiny home in a filthy, industrial Ballard neighborhood, saying "no" to a nearly million-dollar buyout offer from a developer.

Edith did not want money.  All she wanted was to die at home, in the same house, on the same couch, where her mother had died. She got what she wanted.  She passed away in 2008.  I am so impressed her iron will.

Clear sky, blue water, with about 70 degree temperature weather, it was a very nice relaxing day!