{"id":1179,"date":"2013-03-07T23:53:56","date_gmt":"2013-03-08T04:53:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.maryjoandwill.com\/?p=1179"},"modified":"2013-03-07T23:53:56","modified_gmt":"2013-03-08T04:53:56","slug":"the-ballard-locks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maryjoandwill.com\/?p=1179","title":{"rendered":"The Ballard Locks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last Sunday we decided to make a little exploring. We hopped on the bikes and headed West. The goal was to get alllll the way over to Ballard to see the locks. The problem though was that the bike trail kinda turned into street for a long ways. Not yet being confident enough for streeting on the bike, I suggested we park the bikes at Fred Meyer and walk the rest of the way. Joni agreed to this compromise.<\/p>\n

The Ballard Locks are actually named the Chittenden Locks<\/a>, after the gentleman that designed them. And let’s face it, if your last name is Chittenden<\/em>, you ARE<\/strong> a gentleman. At any rate, they’re locks and they’re in ballard. Not much more to say.<\/p>\n

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BUT THERE ARE PICTURES!<\/p>\n

Look, boats in a hole!<\/p>\n

\"Boats<\/a><\/p>\n

For those of you that don’t know, a lock is a water elevator to move boats up or down to different bodies of water. This lock moves boats from Puget Sound to Salmon Bay and would eventually get them to Lake Union and Lake Washington.<\/p>\n