July 2012 - On the Viking Trail in Newfoundland, Canada


At four am, waiting in line to board the six am ferry to Newfoundland.<br />July 6, 2012 - North Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada. Joyce.<br />July 6, 2012 - On ferry between North Sydney, Nova Scotia, and Port aux Basques, Newfoundland. July 6, 2012 - Channel-Port aux Basques, Newfoundland, Canada. Sister ferry about to head for North Sydney.<br />July 6, 2012 - Channel-Port aux Basques, Newfoundland, Canada. Our ferry about to discharge its contents.<br />July 6, 2012 - Channel-Port aux Basques, Newfoundland, Canada. Harebell.<br />Off parking lot at 47 42 31 N, 59 18 28 W.<br />July 6, 2012 - Off Trans Canada Highway 1, Newfoundland, Canada. Table Mountain?<br />View East off parking lot at 47 42 31 N, 59 18 28 W.<br />July 6, 2012 - Off Trans Canada Highway 1, Newfoundland, Canada Forest fire somewhere NE of Stephenville Crossing.<br />July 6, 2012 - View from Trans Canada Highway 1, Newfoundland, Canada. July 6, 2012 - Grand Jardin on Bay St. George, Newfoundland, Canada. July 6, 2012 - Grand Jardin on Bay St. George, Newfoundland, Canada. Joyce.<br />July 6, 2012 - Grand Jardin on Bay St. George, Newfoundland, Canada. Primrose.<br />July 6, 2012 - Grand Jardin on Bay St. George, Newfoundland, Canada. Joyce.<br />July 6, 2012 - Grand Jardin on Bay St. George, Newfoundland, Canada. July 6, 2012 - Grand Jardin on Bay St. George, Newfoundland, Canada. July 6, 2012 - Cape St. George, Newfoundland, Canada. July 6, 2012 - Cape St. George, Newfoundland, Canada. Joyce.<br />July 6, 2012 - Cape St. George, Newfoundland, Canada. July 7, 2012 - South Arm of Bonne Bay, Newfoundland, Canada. Tablelands hike.<br />July 7, 2012 - Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland, Canada. Insect eating jug plant.<br />Tablelands hike.<br />July 7, 2012 - Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland, Canada. Tablelands hike.<br />July 7, 2012 - Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland, Canada. Tablelands hike.<br />July 7, 2012 - Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland, Canada. Tablelands hike.<br />July 7, 2012 - Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland, Canada. Tablelands hike.<br />July 7, 2012 - Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland, Canada. Tablelands hike.<br />July 7, 2012 - Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland, Canada. Somewhere along Rt. 431 on way back to Rocky Harbour.<br />July 7, 2012 - Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland, Canada. View across Bonne Bay.<br />July 7, 2012 - Norris Point, Newfoundland, Canada. July 7, 2012 - Somewhere between Norris Point and Rocky Harbour, Newfoundland, Canada. Joyce.<br />July 8, 2012 - Pullout along Rt. 430 just north of Cow Head, Newfoundland, Canada. July 8, 2012 -The Arches Provincial Park, Portland Creek, Newfoundland, Canada Joyce admiring one of the arches.<br />July 8, 2012 -The Arches Provincial Park, Portland Creek, Newfoundland, Canada We were amazed by the variety of rocks.<br />July 8, 2012 -The Arches Provincial Park, Portland Creek, Newfoundland, Canada July 8, 2012 -The Arches Provincial Park, Portland Creek, Newfoundland, Canada July 8, 2012 -The Arches Provincial Park, Portland Creek, Newfoundland, Canada Cow parsnip.<br />July 8, 2012 -The Arches Provincial Park, Portland Creek, Newfoundland, Canada Joyce at Vinland sign.<br />July 8, 2012 - Rt. 430 just NW of intersection with Rt. 436, Newfoundland, Canada. July 11, 2012 - L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site, Newfoundland, Canada. United Nations, Canada, and Newfoundland and Labrador flags<br />above the visitors center.<br />This is the first world heritage site.<br />July 8, 2012 - L'Anse Aux Meadows National Historic Site, Newfoundland, Canada. The people who found and excavated the Viking site.<br />July 9, 2012 - L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site, Newfoundland, Canada. Sculpture atop a native American Indian fire pit.<br />July 9, 2012 - L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site, Newfoundland, Canada. Clayton Colbourne, parks ranger and guide.<br />July 8, 2012 - L'Anse Aux Meadows National Historic Site, Newfoundland, Canada. Clayton Colbourne and tourists.<br />July 9, 2012 - L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site, Newfoundland, Canada. July 11, 2012 - L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site, Newfoundland, Canada. July 8, 2012 - L'Anse Aux Meadows National Historic Site, Newfoundland, Canada. Joyce and two settlement locals.<br />July 11, 2012 - L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site, Newfoundland, Canada. The settlement blacksmith.<br />July 11, 2012 - L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site, Newfoundland, Canada. Norsewoman.<br />July 11, 2012 - L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site, Newfoundland, Canada. July 8, 2012 - L'Anse Aux Meadows National Historic Site, Newfoundland, Canada. Joyce taking notes.<br />Inside the reconstructed sod longhouse.<br />July 9, 2012 - L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site, Newfoundland, Canada. July 8, 2012 - L'Anse Aux Meadows National Historic Site, Newfoundland, Canada. Egill Egilsson, the musitian at the Norse settlement.<br />11, 2012 - L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site, Newfoundland, Canada. One of the Viking madens at the loom in the longhouse.<br />July 9, 2012 - L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site, Newfoundland, Canada. Jewelry and tools hanging in front of the apron.<br />July 9, 2012 - L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site, Newfoundland, Canada. July 8, 2012 - L'Anse Aux Meadows National Historic Site, Newfoundland, Canada. Tools hanging on the sod wall.<br />July 9, 2012 - L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site, Newfoundland, Canada. Joyce apprenticing with the Norse blacksmith.<br />July 11, 2012 - L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site, Newfoundland, Canada. The nail that Joyce helped make.<br />July 11, 2012 - L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site, Newfoundland, Canada. The outline of a long house.<br />July 11, 2012 - L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site, Newfoundland, Canada. The brook that runs by the settlement.<br />July 11, 2012 - L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site, Newfoundland, Canada. "Meeting of two Worlds", by Luben Boykov and Richard Brixel.<br />July 9, 2012 - L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site, Newfoundland, Canada. "Meeting of two Worlds", by Luben Boykov and Richard Brixel.<br />July 9, 2012 - L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site, Newfoundland, Canada. Viking settlement, Warren and Little Sacred Islands,<br />July 9, 2012 - L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site, Newfoundland, Canada. Bakeapple or cloudberry.<br />July 9, 2012 - L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site, Newfoundland, Canada. Labrador tea.<br />July 9, 2012 - L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site, Newfoundland, Canada. Caribou moss.<br />July 9, 2012 - L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site, Newfoundland, Canada. Crackerberry or bunchberry dogwood.<br />July 9, 2012 - L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site, Newfoundland, Canada. On 2 km loop walk on a bog or marsh.<br />July 9, 2012 - L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site, Newfoundland, Canada. Indigenous iris.<br />July 9, 2012 - L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site, Newfoundland, Canada. Eiders.<br />July 9, 2012 - L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site, Newfoundland, Canada. Another view of the village of L'Anse aux Meadows.<br />July 9, 2012 - L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site, Newfoundland, Canada. One more view of the reconstructed Norse settlement.<br />July 9, 2012 - L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site, Newfoundland, Canada. A fox lounging near the visitors center.<br />July 9, 2012 - L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site, Newfoundland, Canada. In the visitors center.<br />July 9, 2012 - L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site, Newfoundland, Canada. Rhubarb garden and Little Sacred Island in back.<br />July 9, 2012 - Norstead Viking Village, L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland, Canada. A local bird that deighned to pose.<br />July 9, 2012 - Norstead Viking Village, L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland, Canada. The local skald and Joyce.<br />July 9, 2012 - Norstead Viking Village, L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland, Canada. Snorri, the reconstructed Norse boat.<br />July 9, 2012 - Norstead Viking Village, L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland, Canada. A carving in the fence.<br />July 9, 2012 - Norstead Viking Village, L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland, Canada. July 9, 2012 - Norstead Viking Village, L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland, Canada. heJuly 9, 2012 - Norstead Viking Village, L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland, Canada. Gudrid (her character name) showing Joyce a method of weaving.<br />July 9, 2012 - Norstead Viking Village, L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland, Canada. The locals and Joyce chatting.<br />July 9, 2012 - Norstead Viking Village, L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland, Canada. Demo of tablet weaving.<br />July 9, 2012 - Norstead Viking Village, L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland, Canada. July 9, 2012 - Norstead Viking Village, L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland, Canada. July 9, 2012 - Norstead Viking Village, L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland, Canada. Crow atop hill behing village.<br />July 9, 2012 - Norstead Viking Village, L'Anse aux Meadows, Newfoundland, Canada. Our tour boat that we will be taking at 4:00 pm.<br />July 10, 2012 - St. Anthony, Newfoundland, Canada. July 10, 2012 - St. Anthony, Newfoundland, Canada. View from lighthouse point.<br />July 10, 2012 - St. Anthony, Newfoundland, Canada. Tourboat returning from visiting the iceberb.<br />July 10, 2012 - St. Anthony, Newfoundland, Canada. July 10, 2012 - St. Anthony, Newfoundland, Canada. View of iceberg from ridge above the village.<br />July 10, 2012 - St. Carols, Newfoundland, Canada. July 10, 2012 - St. Carols, Newfoundland, Canada. On boat to view the iceberg and see whales.<br />July 10, 2012 - St. Anthony, Newfoundland, Canada. On boat to view the iceberg and see whales.<br />July 10, 2012 - St. Anthony, Newfoundland, Canada. L'Anse aux Meadows and surrounding highlands.<br />July 11, 2012 - Cape Onion, Newfoundland, Canada. July 11, 2012 - Cape Onion, Newfoundland, Canada. July 11, 2012 - Cape Onion, Newfoundland, Canada. Our guide and Joyce.<br />July 11, 2012 - Burnt Cape Ecological Reserve, Newfoundland, Canada. July 11, 2012 - Burnt Cape Ecological Reserve, Newfoundland, Canada. July 11, 2012 - Burnt Cape Ecological Reserve, Newfoundland, Canada. July 11, 2012 - Burnt Cape Ecological Reserve, Newfoundland, Canada. July 11, 2012 - Burnt Cape Ecological Reserve, Newfoundland, Canada. July 11, 2012 - Burnt Cape Ecological Reserve, Newfoundland, Canada. July 11, 2012 - Burnt Cape Ecological Reserve, Newfoundland, Canada. July 11, 2012 - Burnt Cape Ecological Reserve, Newfoundland, Canada. July 11, 2012 - Burnt Cape Ecological Reserve, Newfoundland, Canada. July 11, 2012 - Burnt Cape Ecological Reserve, Newfoundland, Canada. July 11, 2012 - Burnt Cape Ecological Reserve, Newfoundland, Canada. Town of Raleigh in the distance.<br />July 11, 2012 - Burnt Cape Ecological Reserve, Newfoundland, Canada. Lady slipper.<br />July 11, 2012 - Burnt Cape Ecological Reserve, Newfoundland, Canada. July 11, 2012 - Burnt Cape Ecological Reserve, Newfoundland, Canada July 11, 2012 - Great Brehat, Newfoundland, Canada. July 11, 2012 - Great Brehat, Newfoundland, Canada. We came here to see this little iceberg.<br />July 11, 2012 - Great Brehat, Newfoundland, Canada. July 11, 2012 - Great Brehat, Newfoundland, Canada. Joyce looking at the little iceberg.<br />July 11, 2012 - Great Brehat, Newfoundland, Canada. The big iceberg in the distance.<br />July 11, 2012 - Great Brehat, Newfoundland, Canada. Bakeapple.<br />July 11, 2012 - Great Brehat, Newfoundland, Canada. Point Riche lighthouse.<br />July 12, 2012 - Port au Choix, Newfoundland, Canada. Joyce.<br />This was the windiest place we ran into on this trip.<br />July 12, 2012 - Point Riche near Port au Choix, Newfoundland, Canada. July 12, 2012 - Point Riche near Port au Choix, Newfoundland, Canada. Joyce got blown ahead of me.<br />July 12, 2012 - Point Riche near Port au Choix, Newfoundland, Canada. One of nine moose we saw in Newfoundland<br />July 13, 2012 - Western Brook Pond area, Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland, Canada. July 13, 2012 - Western Brook Pond area, Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland, Canada. July 13, 2012 - Western Brook Pond area, Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland, Canada. Joyce on trail to Western Brook, the outlet of the Pond.<br />July 13, 2012 - Western Brook Pond area, Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland, Canada. Bunchberries.<br />July 13, 2012 - Western Brook Pond area, Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland, Canada. July 13, 2012 - Western Brook Pond area, Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland, Canada. Joyce contemplating the crossing of the brook.<br />July 13, 2012 - Western Brook Pond area, Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland, Canada. Joyce crossing Western Brook.<br />July 13, 2012 - Western Brook Pond area, Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland, Canada. Start of the boat tour.<br />July 13, 2012 - Western Brook Pond, Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland, Canada. July 13, 2012 - Western Brook Pond, Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland, Canada. July 13, 2012 - Western Brook Pond, Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland, Canada. July 13, 2012 - Western Brook Pond, Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland, Canada. July 13, 2012 - Western Brook Pond, Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland, Canada. July 13, 2012 - Western Brook Pond, Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland, Canada. July 13, 2012 - Western Brook Pond, Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland, Canada. July 13, 2012 - Western Brook Pond, Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland, Canada. July 13, 2012 - Western Brook Pond, Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland, Canada. July 13, 2012 - Western Brook Pond, Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland, Canada. July 13, 2012 - Western Brook Pond, Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland, Canada. July 13, 2012 - Western Brook Pond, Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland, Canada. July 13, 2012 - Western Brook Pond, Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland, Canada. Anchors Aweigh Band at the Ocean View Hotel.<br />July 13, 2012 - Rocky Harbour, Newfoundland, Canada. Site of the S.S. Ethie Shipwreck.<br />July 14, 2012 - Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland, Canada. Site of the S.S. Ethie Shipwreck.<br />July 14, 2012 - Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland, Canada. Site of the S.S. Ethie Shipwreck.<br />July 14, 2012 - Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland, Canada. Joyce atop Berry Hill.<br />July 14, 2012 - Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland, Canada. Atop Berry Hill.<br />July 14, 2012 - Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland, Canada. Along Baker's Brook Falls trail.<br />July 14, 2012 - Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland, Canada. Along Baker's Brook Falls trail.<br />July 14, 2012 - Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland, Canada. Along Baker's Brook Falls trail.<br />July 14, 2012 - Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland, Canada. Along Baker's Brook Falls trail.<br />July 14, 2012 - Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland, Canada. Along Baker's Brook Falls trail.<br />July 14, 2012 - Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland, Canada. Along Baker's Brook Falls trail.<br />July 14, 2012 - Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland, Canada. Along Baker's Brook Falls trail.<br />July 14, 2012 - Gros Morne National Park, Newfoundland, Canada. July 14, 2012 - Norris Point, Newfoundland, Canada. July 14, 2012 - Norris Point, Newfoundland, Canada. View from Jenniex House lookout point.<br />July 14, 2012 - Norris Point, Newfoundland, Canada. St. Mary's Church Botanical Walk.<br />July 14, 2012 - Cow Head, Newfoundland, Canada. St. Mary's Church Botanical Walk.<br />July 14, 2012 - Cow Head, Newfoundland, Canada. St. Mary's Church Botanical Walk.<br />July 14, 2012 - Cow Head, Newfoundland, Canada. St. Mary's Church Botanical Walk.<br />July 14, 2012 - Cow Head, Newfoundland, Canada. St. Mary's Church Botanical Walk.<br />July 14, 2012 - Cow Head, Newfoundland, Canada. Beach at Shallow Bay, Gros Morne National Park.<br />June 14, 2012 - Just north of Cow Head, Newfoundland, Canada. Joyce enjoying the sunset.<br />Beach at Shallow Bay, Gros Morne National Park.<br />June 14, 2012 - Just north of Cow Head, Newfoundland, Canada. Lighthouse and Bead and Breakfast.<br />July 15 - Cape Anguille, Newfoundland, Canada. Lighthouse Bead and Breakfast.<br />July 15 - Cape Anguille, Newfoundland, Canada. Joyce enjoying some mussels.<br />Codroy Seafest.<br />July 15, 2012 - Codroy, Newfoundland, Canada. July 15, 2012 - Codroy, Newfoundland, Canada. July 15, 2012 - Codroy, Newfoundland, Canada. July 15, 2012 - Codroy, Newfoundland, Canada. Codroy Seafest.<br />July 15, 2012 - Codroy, Newfoundland, Canada. July 15, 2012 - Codroy, Newfoundland, Canada. July 15, 2012 - Codroy, Newfoundland, Canada. July 15, 2012 - Codroy, Newfoundland, Canada. July 15, 2012 - Codroy, Newfoundland, Canada. A crab trap.<br />July 15, 2012 - Codroy, Newfoundland, Canada. A yacht from Oxford, Maryland.<br />July 15, 2012 - Codroy, Newfoundland, Canada. Lobster traps.<br />July 15, 2012 - Codroy, Newfoundland, Canada. Codroy Seafest.<br />July 15, 2012 - Codroy, Newfoundland, Canada. Codroy Seafest.<br />July 15, 2012 - Codroy, Newfoundland, Canada. Joyce talking to the bar ladies.<br />July 15, 2012 - Codroy, Newfoundland, Canada. Lighthouse.<br />July 15 - Cape Anguille, Newfoundland, Canada. July 16, 2012 - On ferry near North Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada. The driver of this car bagged a moose with it..<br />July 17, 2012 - On Rt. 105 somewhere between North Sydnay and Badek, Nova Scotia, Canada.