A local fellow was kind enough to give us a lift to L'Anse Aux Meadows - the first documented Viking settlement in North America.
Although the original buildings have fallen to ruin, the park service recreated several of them after extensive research:
Park employees do crafts and tasks, of the time, while giving tours and answering questions:
This is a forge where the original inhabitants made iron tools from bog iron:
The locals call these animals "Swamp Donkies":
The north shore of Newfoundland:
There must be as much water in Newfoundland and Labrador as in Florida --- ponds are everywhere you look:
Back at the boat:
Sunset:
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