Landlocks

Do you remember the book "Toot! Toot!"? I remember reading that book as a young girl. Loved that book. Still have it at home in the hallway. Seeing this tug boat near this huge crab ship reminded me of it. This tug boat literally was the one pulling the boat out to sea though. And, in fact, I think that happens in the book!

If you look closely you can see a seal. (Look just to the right of the cement portion)

We went to landlocks on Friday. Landlocks is a place where they trap boats, for a time, that are coming in from sea and those going out to sea so they can regulate the water level near the many homes that have been built close to the water's edge. We got to see the gate shut behind several boats returning from sea, wait for about 10 minutes as they drain some of the water, and then open up the opposite gate to let the boats drive into the lake where the homes were located. it was quite fascinating. The boat owners don't have to pay a toll fee at all, but do have to wait for awhile and accept the fact that many people are staring at them from up above. After that, we walked over to a salmon aquiriam, so to speak. It was a place where you can see groups of salmon swimming. We saw a few of them. But there are 7 different types of Salmon and in fact, Salmon will swim as far as they need to to return back to where they were born to also lay their eggs and then eventually die.