Paddling the locks

Spent the evening paddling from Lake Union to Golden Gardens with Daughter Two. Paddling into the sunset, through the ship canal, the Chittenden Locks, past Madrona and around the head to Shilshole is about as fine an urban paddle as you could devise. Five miles of friends and cool stuff to look at.

I loved the locks, loved the paddle overall, and it was a very special evening with my daughter.

Unfortunately, there was the little matter of her hitting me in the face numerous times with her paddle spray. Particularly when we came through the eddy area by the fish ladders, where the water was covered with some extremely suspicious scud. For some reason, she seemed to splash more when we were in the crappy water.

I love her anyway. This was a good evening.