Showing posts with label locks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label locks. Show all posts

7.17.2012

Michael in Seattle.2

Sunday we all went to Ballard for the Seafood fest and checked out the locks.

The boys ate lots of fishy things, I stuck with the calmer clam chowder :)
And of course since were were in Ballard we got gelato!

in Seattle you can only drink beer at concerts and festivals inside fenced off areas,
 this is the boys complaining :)

clam chowder, very chunky, very good


lots of fried seafood


 
there is a fish swimming up the ladder in this picture! Talk about lucky!

For the first time since we've gone the locks were FULL of salmon.
Seriously some were the size of my torso.
We got to see about 6-8 of them jumping too and a few successfully made it up the ladder step.
There are 21 steps that the fish have to jump or swim up to get to the fresh water to go lay their eggs. And sometimes they jump and miss, talk about tiring!



That night we headed over to one of our Capitol Hill favorites Barrio for some more mexican food and cheap fantastic drinks. We hung out by the candle wall and had a really great time. It has been a so much fun hanging out with Michael and just catching up and relaxing. I love having individual time with friends that I've previously mostly hung out in groups with.
Plus it's really nice because he's been a really chill, easy going guest haha, always nice

Part 1 of Michael's visit HERE

9.22.2011

Mother-in-law takes on Seattle.2

We went to the locks on Sunday. And luckily there were still some fish in the fish ladder. There were also sea lions out catching fish too. It was a pretty gray Seattle day but we got small glimpses of sun here and there. We would make sure to point it out when they occured.
We wandered around the locks for about an hour. Teresa and I spent a good 15 minutes trying to get a photo of the sea lions :)
But overall we made a relaxing Sunday. In the morning we grabbed coffee and went to Greenlake- a 3 mile loop that Teresa said if we made her walk around she was just going to wait for us on a bench :)

We went to a little antique shop near us and grabbed lunch at Latona Pub which has giant windows and let amazing food! Seriously- Portabello sandwiches, homeade black bean veggie burgers. It really hit the spot for all of us.
There are 22ish steps in the fish ladder. They actually can jump like 4 feet in the air.

Sea Lion. He was playing with his food, He tossed it around for like 5 min!



I got a photo of guts and blood :/
 
I'm sure she hates this photo but Josh and I like it. I think it is cute!