L'anse aux Meadows

Today we went up to the Viking settlement at L'anse aux Meadows. Yesterday we hauled the trailer 1/2 way to Port au Choix and we camped on a beautiful site right on the ocean. The road was mostly good but the poor sections were very bad. It was a long drive today and more bad roads. The Viking Settlement was very interesting. We saw actual artifacts that they found on the site, a cloak pin, a nail and stones with depressions worn into them. The site contained the actual dig site and a recreation of the sod huts that the Vikings made for their permanent settlement. Our guide explained the various areas of the house and what was done in each of these areas. I think it was well worth the time to go up to the tip of the penninsula.

As we were driving today we could see Labrador across the Belle Isle Strait. We also saw cords and cords of wood stacked beside the highway. In the winter they go and drag trees to the road and then the cut them and stack them to season them. We saw quite a few trucks being loaded in preparation for winter. A very unusual thing that we saw beside the highway was everyone's vegetable gardens. When they made the roads they brought in top soil and since that is the only fertile area they all plant their gardens there. Some have scarecrows, some have bags flapping in the wind and strings and some had neat fences all the way around.

It has been terrific travelling with the Orsers. Leslie is a great cook! It is so nice to have some new toys to play with, new kids to play with (they have a 4 yr. old daughter, Yvonne) and nice for Richard and me to have someone to chat with. Tomorrow we will have to part ways which is very sad. Hopefully we will meet up again.