July 14 -L'anse aux Meadows

Set off north along the coast, through tundra and short pine forests to the viking site.  Nothing on the road (no coffee for 60 miles!) except some small villages.  Lots of water - lakes, ocean, bog, rivers - this is the place to be after climate change takes out some of the usa cities.  Viking site is legit - some iron and 8 building remains were found, and there are archeologist still digging.   Icebergs off the shore are legit - 150' tall, with 9x that underwater.  Humpbacks here legit - tons of fish for them.  So are the mosquitoes - fierce up here, but as jean says: better bugs than buggered.  Vikings got as far as New Brunswick, before abandoning north America because of fighting with the natives.  And the cod are gone, leading to many abandoned homes and boats.   The newfies drop/add letter H to many words like francophones- H-iron, H-era.  Definitely was worth the 6+ hours of driving (in car that cost more than my lodging) to experience this part of Newfoundland.