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Over the Top: Photographer Paul Sundberg up in Grand Marais, Minn., documented a storm on Minnesota’s North Shore on Nov. 11. Says Paul in his Photo of the Week blog: “It was the day after the annual Edmund Fitzgerald memorial beacon lighting. Every year on the 10th of November, the beacon at Split Rock is lighted to commemorate the sinking of the freighter SS Edmund Fitzgerald, and all the other vessels lost on the Great Lakes. We were heading back home from Duluth and the Lake was wild. Strong NE winds had been blowing all day and the swells were growing to over 20 feet. Rain was coming down in sheets, and without rain gear, there was no way I would be able to walk to the shoreline. I was thankful that I knew of one spot in Tettegouche State Park where you can park on the shoulder of Hwy. 61 and get a good view of the Lake. Shooting from the window of our car, we were able to see the powerful waves crashing into the 30-foot-high basalt cliffs of Crystal Bay. Stuck between every 40 or so waves during a big storm comes the ‘Three Sisters,’ the name commercial fishermen have given to the bigger waves. The last wave of the “Three Sisters” is always bigger and the most dangerous. Each one of these photos is the third wave of the “Three Sisters” that we saw during the 45 minutes that we were there.” Nice shooting in foul weather, Paul. We also think you almost always can see a face among the waves … can you?
Playing Games with the Ports: There’s been a bit of buzz about a new PC game, “Great Lakes Simulator,” that lets players navigate freighters from Port Huron, Michigan, 750 miles to Duluth. “Live your dream of driving legendary lake freighters on The Great Lakes with this revolutionary new PC simulator that will take you to another level!” touts the Steam website where the game is sold. “Great Lakes Simulator puts you at the helm of a massive lake freighter underway on the Great Lakes. Head downbound from Lake Superior thru Whitefish Bay and the St. Marys River to Lake Huron and back in a 1:1 scale re-creation of the most famous freshwater waterway in the world … The Great Lakes.” One trip downbound from Duluth will simulate actual travel time,
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