North of Normal

Canal with Drawbridge, originally uploaded by briburt.

This is the canal leading into Seattle’s Hiram M. Chittendon Locks, connecting Puget Sound (salt water) with Lake Union and Lake Washington (both fresh water) via a ship canal. I can bike here in about 10 minutes from my house, so I spent a lot of time down at the locks today, shooting photos and marveling at both the engineering involved and the constant movement and change in the place. Amazing stuff.

(And I don’t mean to belabor a point, put I do really love that Sigma 10-20.)