Forty one years ago today, the big ore boat, Edmund Fitzgerald, went down in Lake Superior, losing all 29 crew members. Gordon Lightfoot's ballad, his signature song, rings pretty close to true it its accurate description of events. And, is paralyzingly intent in both sound and effect.
One day, three of us tried to paddle an itty bitty corner of the big lake. Four foot high toppling waves convinced us otherwise. Lake Superior, Gitche Gumi, is as treacherous as it is beautiful. And, it is expansively both.
One day, three of us tried to paddle an itty bitty corner of the big lake. Four foot high toppling waves convinced us otherwise. Lake Superior, Gitche Gumi, is as treacherous as it is beautiful. And, it is expansively both.