St.Anthony and the Vikings

Left Port au Choix early this morning.It was 52 degrees and very windy ( so what else is new).Beaver was in a foul mood cause people in the room next to his partied all night and compromised his beauty rest. (Was obvious,you shoulda seen him) We turned north again and headed toward St Anthony on the very tip of western Nfld.Ride was not uncomfortable since we were dressed for it and it warmed fairly quickly. Lots of signs warning us of errant moose so we stayed alert...saw a couple but no collision risk. St Anthony is an old, very picturesque fishing village of probably 2000 people.There are icebergs floating in the harbor and of course we had to visit and photograph the requisite lighthouse.Every little town here has a lighthouse, just like every town in E.Tn. has redlight cameras.The real highlight of the day was a visit to a Viking settlement which was unearthed just north of St Anthony in 1960 by a Norwegian archeologist.It is now an official Canadian historic site and believed first settled in 1000 AD by Leif Erickson.The village actually thrived for 500 years until persisent conflict with the indigenous people forced its abandonment...Guess that settles the issue about who discovered America.Tonight we are settled in at Plum Point just south of our ferry crossing point tomorrow and on to Blanc Sablon Labrador...boog