We all agreed that the only thing that would have

made our trip to the Lock and Dam #1 better was to see a boat go through the lock. And as we were walking to the car we saw a pleasure boat approaching the lock. The pictures are not in the right order, I don't know how to do that! First the boat approached the wall in front of the lock and made a phone call, then the stoplight turned green, they entered the clock and the upriver gate closed. The captain of the boat held onto a rope and the water started to leave the lock, we could see it churning outside the downriver gate of the lock. It was amazing to see the water leave so fast and all by gravity.