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Long ago I remember driving down 675th rd and parking at a dirt parking lot on top of a cliff.  Hiking my Response down to the Wild Cat for some park and play, before it was called such a thing. With no trouble!  Those days have long since passed with the erection of the big steel gate at the intersection of 675th rd and 23rd rd.  675th road (even though it as shown as a public road on most maps) is now closed to the public.  Hiking back to Bailey Falls with a boat in your hand is a big no no, if you step on dry land.  Though if you are on a Dirt bike it is O.K.!?  For people that have paddled the Vermillion for several years, it is well known we are NOT WELCOME down stream of the putin.  We have been blocked from having a public putin downstream of the Hwy 23 Bridge.  Even though there is a large public park southwest of the bridge.  We have been ticketed for parking our vehicles along the public right of way near the bridge.  We are viewed as hoodlums, litter bugs, crazy hippies, and the serge of the earth among other things.  I also had my first shoulder injury on the Wild Cat.  But I washed up on river right and was able to walk up to the model airplane field for a rescue.  I is sad that I have only paddled the Vermillion once in 5 years when I learned to kayak on this river.  I would much rather drive 5 hours to Wisconsin than drive 2 hours to the vermillion just because of the hospitality of the people.