Superior, WI and Duluth MN meet here along the lake, separated by a baymouth. The harbor and the baymouth protect the most inland seaport in North America. It was a bit windy today. The narrow strip of land I'm on ends at a point - Wisconsin Point. There is an identical point of land jutting out from the Minnesota side known as Minnesota Point. They look like two fingers trying to reach each other but just pointing at each other. We went all the way to the tip of Wisconsin Point. One of our stops was at a beach (above) with 8 birders lined up with their long lenses focused on all the gulls, trying to pick out the strangers.
The surf was furiously pounding the shore. The wind was so strong, some gulls were not able to keep up with the main crowd. We watched as individual birds struggled to fly in that direction but could not. So the gulls remained on the ground mostly. Above, I caught the assembled group make an attempt to fly. It was repulsed after a brief flight.
We finally succumbed to the wind as well, seeking shelter in our rental car. We traveled out to the point where there was a lighthouse at the end of a jetty.
There were 4 fellows out foil windsurfing. Those brave souls had hydrofoil boards and inflatable handheld wings. Wearing dry suits, they used the the wings to catch the wind, get up on the board and then let the wind take you away. The boards would rise up out of the water. The long foil or rudder allowed you to steer some but once the foil got out of the water fully, the surfer went down. Then it took a little effort to get back up. Being in a protected area, the surfers did not venture out into the unprotected lake where they would be subject to much larger waves.
I'm told that any natives buried here were dug up and moved long ago. Now the site is more of a native memorial.
All sorts of trinkets have been left. A lot of cigarettes and empty liquor bottles too.
The banana looks fresh
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