L'Anse aux Meadows

It looked like a landing strip on this berg

It was a cool night, only 5C at 6:30 am, but sunny. Since we weren't connected to electricity we ran our Little Buddy heater before going to bed, and again in the morning to warm things up. It used a whole 1 lb propane bottle, but the heat was welcome.

After poaching some eggs for breakfast we headed off for a tour of L'anse Aux Meadows, where Vikings visited about 1,000 years ago. Not exactly dinosaurs, but a long while back. "Free" admission with our National Parks pass.

Watch out for the natives

From a balcony, a large iceberg drifted by

 
The recreated main building was interesting. Walls about 6 ft thick. Layers of ceiling too, rated at about R100 insulation overall. Today was a nippy 9C high with a brisk breeze, and it was nice to get in the building where a fire (propane powered) was going:

 

Cathie the Red strikes fear into the heart of...?

 

We finally saw some moose! Nfld is supposedly crawling with them, but we had to have an afternoon nap so we could stay up and out late enough to see them I guess.

Later on we took a bumpy road into an ecological reserve, and saw some of these apparently-rare ladyslippers:

 

Some miscellaneous things we've come across. Lots of woodpiles at the side of public roads. People cut wood by permit through the winter, and stack it to dry for a year or so. The piles usually have their permit attached, and apparently theft isn't a problem. The wood has to be for personal use; most comes from blow-downs etc:

Small garden plots also show up beside the roads. Most are surrounded by short fences, as the moose and caribou like the garden contents too. The microclimates vary a lot, but tend to be a bit warmer inland, and the gardens are put wherever some decent soil is to be found or made. Often there are no homes visible in the area around the plots:

We've decided to stay at Pistolet Bay for a couple more nights, as it's been a nice spot and is a good base for daytripping in the area.