Below: The two RV Gypsies checked out the Killifer Fire
Plow, Holt Crawler and statue of Uncle Dan Campbell at the intersection
of US 71, Minnesota 6 and County 31. |
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Below: Marvelous carved chairs to relax
in while checking out the Historical Display shown above. |
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Below: Smokey Bear Park
on 3rd Street. |
Karen Duquette was dwarfed by the Smokey Bear
and cubs statue at Smokey Bear Park.
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Below: The Koochiching Museum is about the area's heritage
-- Native Americans, logging, farming, gold rush. |
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The Bronko Nagurski Museum commemorates this NFL legend
and International Falls' most famous son. Bronko Nagurski was named by
the Associated Press as one of the 101 top athletes of the 20th century.
Some have described Nagurski as the best football player to ever play
the game. Nagurski played for the University of Minnesota while in college
and the Chicago Bears as a professional player. Nagurski, of tough Ukrainian
stock, was a massive man, 6 feet, 2 inches tall and 225 pounds. His collar
size was 19 1/2 inches. The highlight of his career was leading the Chicago
Bears to the first championship of the modern pro era in 1933. Bronko
passed away on January 8, 1990. |
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Below: Alexander Baker who homestead the townsite of International
Falls.
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Below: An unusual bicycle rack shaped like a fish at the
International Falls Welcome Center |
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Below: Ranier is a city in Koochiching
County, Minnesota, United States, 138 miles NW of Duluth, Minnesota and
251 miles north of Minneapolis, Minnesota. The city has a population of
188. Ranier is along Minnesota's border by Canada and is the Gateway to
Voyageurs National Park (Minnesota's only National Park). |
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Below: Karen Duquette by the Voyageur Statue
at the entrance to Rainier, Minnesota |
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Below: Rainy Lake Visitor Center |
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Voyageurs National Park is a United
States National Park in northern Minnesota near the town of International
Falls. It was established in 1975. The park's name commemorates the voyageurs,
French-Canadian fur traders who were the first European settlers to frequently
travel through the area. The park is notable for its outstanding water
resources and is popular with canoeists, kayakers, other boaters and fishermen.
The Kabetogama Peninsula, which lies entirely within the park and makes
up most of its land area, is accessible only by boat. To the east of the
National Park lies the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. The park
has several boat ramps and visitor centers around its periphery, though
the main body of the park is only accessible by boat or, in the winter,
by snowmobile, ski, or snowshoe. |
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Below: A wood carving at Voyageurs National
Park Welcome Center |
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Below: Squirrels at Voyageurs
National Park Welcome Center |
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 Karen
Duquette swings like a bird in a large bird cage
at Voyageurs National Park Welcome Center
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The
two RV Gypsies took a day trip into 
