Horrified by the low speed limits in Ontario, Maynard drove -- very slowly -- along picturesque lakes until we crossed the border at International Falls, Minnesota. Then, happier, we followed the edge of Voyageurs National Park at a higher speed. The info at the visitor's center was disappointing; Maynard had already told me more about the voyageurs than the NPS volunteer knew. But we picked up a book about the voyageurs that looks good. From there we toodled on down to the iron range and are spending the night at Virginia. There's a huge former iron mine here that looks simply like a beautiful lake. There are plenty of working mines, too. Maynard promised to show me taconite, so he found some railroad tracks near a former mine and picked up a handful of round, brown spheres:taconite. We're now bringing a few handfuls home.
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