L'anse Aux Meadows was our destination today. It is a UNESCO World Heritage site, and thank goodness it is of such importance as it is a very long drive and a small thing to see. It was phenomenal to think that people hopped into small sail boats with no compas, just the will and determination to find new lands. The Viking's reference to "Vinland" in their folklore "sagas" was a mystery and is widely believed to be solved with the discovery of this Viking settlement in Northern Newfoundland. It was a beautiful drive of 200 km each way for us today. We are still with the Taekema family and trading kids in our back seat which is giving Yvonne the excitement of company, so all is going well. I'm sure she will have major withdrawal symptoms when she goes back to the only child again.

The middle picture is of gardens that are found at the side of the highway. We found this kind of odd, so we asked about it. Turns out that the soil on the Island is so poor, people can't even grow gardens. When they put in the highways, they also laid down fertile topsoil, so people just stake off areas next to the highways and plant a garden. Also, each home is entitled to 8 cords of wood each year, so a person gets a cutting permit, cuts the allocated wood and piles it next to the highway to dry and be stored until they can come and pile it in their own yard. As they say, they trust each other. We can't help but think that at home if we don't chain it and lock it down, it's gone by morning.

We had a lovely evening and sunset back at the campsite and we are all very sad to be leaving here tomorrow. This is one of the most loveliest places we've ever seen. It is so quite just now, I can hear the waves crashing a short way from our trailer where I'm sitting.