All is still at the Locks
The Ballard Locks are closed today to install the “Adult Salmon Exclusion Structure” (basically a big fish screen for chinook salmon), so we stopped by to take a look. While …
Ballard Locks
Holy smolt! Another sign of spring
While it certainly hasn’t felt like spring very much so far, here’s one sign that nature’s eternal cycle is, well, cycling: The smolt slides at the Locks are being made …
The Ballard Locks’ biggest fan
If you spend a lot of time at the Locks, you’ve probably seen an eccentric character named Richard Lewis. He’s there every weekday between 3:30 and 4:50 p.m. — for …
See how deep the Ballard Locks go
The small lock at the Hiram M. Chittenden Locks is in the midst of annual maintenance. It’s completely drained and there’s some scaffolding waayyy down at the bottom. It shows you …