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Newfoundland:Aug 16th
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L'Anse Aux Meadows
National Historic Site
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Walking to Visitor Center
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Visitor Center
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Vikings
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Waiting for the tour
to start
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First forge in North America?
Our tour guide telling us about the iron in the water in Newfoundland and how this spot was a forge, possibly the first in North America.
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Large Hall
House, crew dwellings, metal working
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Large Hall
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Lower status living quarters
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Large Hall
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Mounds
House for laborers, and storerooms
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House
Someone rich or high ranking lived here, also a place for ship repair
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Active research
There was a group doing active research of the area during our tour
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Reconstructed buildings
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Reconstructed buildings
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Reconstructed buildings
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Reconstructed buildings
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Reconstructed buildings
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Iceberg
Everybody is facinated by this berg, which you can happen to see right next to where we're trying to geocache.
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Reconstructed buildings
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Reconstructed buildings
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Cow parsnip
We see this stuff all over on the west side of the island, and we learn it can cause skin rash/irration/sun sensitivity, so good thing we never touched any.
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Sculpture
Meeting of Two Worlds
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Dragon
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Wrong type of viking
In the visitor center
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Geocoin
We completed the challenge here and got this coin
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Viking shop
Unfortunately, not much inside
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The Dark Tickle
Stopped here for jam and lunch
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Our room
Torrent River Inn in Hawke's Bay
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Dinner
Pizza again, this time at Pizza Delight located inside the hotel
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