This is an expression we use in Spain when we talk about a place, which is located far, far away from civilization :) This was the place that I went to for a couple of weeks to enjoy the calibration work under very cold conditions.
Baudette is a very small town with just 1106 inhabitants but during winter time you can see lot of "outsiders", mainly from Bosch but as well from different automotive companies. Just to imagine how small it is I made a photo of the main street
Baudette is as well known as the Walleye capital of the world, which attracts a lot of fisherman trying to catch an extraordinary exemplar. Wally is the mascot of the city and in his honor the have a pretty big statue at the entrance of the town
- feeling the coldest temperature I have ever been to: -32C
- going ice fishing in the middle of lake of the woods (the sixth largest freshwater lake in the US). We drove 12 miles from the shore to visit a friend who had rented an ice shanty (small wooden house).
Planks to stand on in the shanty
Drilled holes for ice fishing
Furnace and benches to get a cosy feeling
View through the window to the other shantys installed on the lake
On the way we could not resist the urgent need of stopping and playing games like little kids:)
American football (on the day of the superbowl)
World championship of butt skating :)
- getting stuck in the snow (as well in the middle of the lake:-). Of course I did not take any pictures of this... :). We were four persons on the truck and we managed to get it out of the snow. In stead I took some photos of a co-worker when he did (if you read this, please do not kill me;)
To wrap up, I need to say that we had to spend a lot of hours working in the project (usually from 8am to 8pm) but the experience was great and there was plenty of time as well to enjoy one of the coldest places in the US!
Last but not least, instead of writing so much, I'll let you have a look at a bunch of photographs that I made in the trip, many are self-explanatory, I hope you can enjoy them and feel a little bit of what I experienced.
Crossing the bridge between lower and upper Peninsula
Nice traffic sign :)
Unlimited prime-ribs at the only restaurant open for dinner
Breakfast at Alice's. Took only one hour to get :),but was worth waiting
Ice cracks on the lake surface due to the tides while freezing
Nice wheels :)
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