Willie is a statue of a walleye (that's a kind of fish we don't have in NH, for all you non-angler types) that's more than 40 feet long, and weighs almost two tons. In this part of the world, fishing is the sport of choice, and walleye is the fish of choice. Many towns in MN, WI, and ND call themselves the "Walleye Capital of the World." Beaudette does not do this , nor does it call Willie the "World's Biggest Walleye," but Google says that if a statue is what wins a place the title, Beaudette has definitely won. We include it on our list because it sure was big!
We tried to continue along the road around the lake, but were thwarted by road construction that had a detour of at least a hundred miles, perhaps more. Someone said it was two hundred miles, but we have no definite figures. At any rate, much of this area is National Forest or land that has been preserved in some other way, thus there are few roads through it. Our other option was to go through Canada to International Falls, MN, which we did. We had to exit the van while it was thoroughly searched- for handguns. I hoped it was because we looked like suspicious people, but the agent said it was because "your number came up." We didn't take any photos of the search because we didn't want to upset the Immigration officials, even the Canadian ones who are really nice, because we still need to get through Ontario and Quebec to get home.
Now we are camped on Lake Vermillion in Soudan, MN.
Vermillion is a big lake, and the wind is blowing, so there is lots of wave action.
I took this photo of a mother Golden Eye duck and her very large (13 babies) family trying to ride the waves.
The sun was about to set into the lake when we noticed these lines across it's face.
Hopefully the wind will stick around so the mosquitoes won't. In closing, let me just say "Thank you, God, for screen tents!"
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