Hike 21: Gasworks park to Ballard Locks

Driving there:  Find your way to Gasworks park, there's lots of free parking but it's a popular place.

Gasworks park is an interesting place to wander through.  It's an abandoned industrial plant, converted into a park. 

The ubiquitous Gasworks perspective photo.  It's required of all visitors.

 

 

Lisa and the big city.

 

At the top of the hill there's a 360 degree view, and an interesting sundial.  You stand on the date, and your shadow shows the time.  Standard time.  If it's summer, you probably need to spring forward an hour.

 

Moving on, we continued down the Burke-Gilman trail.  We took a small detour under the Aurora bridge to see the Troll.

I barely escaped with my life...

After viewing the artistic wonders of Fremont, we continued west.  The Burke-Gilman trail is missing a section, so we had to detour a block north and find our way to the Ballard Locks. 

Railroad bridge at the Ballard Locks.  The right-hand section tilts back to allow tall boats through.