We awoke to a cold, wet and rainy morning. Shortly after we got up we were visited by a moose. I believe it was a young male because he had small antler stubs. He paused to allow us to get a couple of pictures. We have seen many dead moose in yards and on vehicles but this was the first live one.
We have decided to stay here one more night. It is still very windy and taking down the trailer could be difficult. We called a couple of places in Labrador and the plan is to take the 1 p.m. ferry tomorrow.
We visited the L’Anse-aux-meadows National Heritage Site. This is the only confirmed Viking Settlement in North America. It dates from about 1000 A.D. about 500 years before Columbus. Several buildings have been reconstructed. The site is well presented. The Vikings abandoned their efforts to colonize North America apparently because of a hostile reception from native Americans. If they experienced many days like today I think it was the weather that drove them out.
We have 30 amp. service and as much as possible are using a 1500 watt electric heater instead of the furnace but the heater is struggling to keep us warm so we fire up the furnace from time to time. The site has a boil water advisory so we are living off our storage tank. The owner says her sister lives somewhere nearby and has good water we could fill up with. We confirmed that we can get good water in Labrador so we have declined the offer.
We lubricated the levers that join the walls and ceiling with a little soap and it quieted things down a lot. We tightened the bal levellers and moved the Highlander close to the windward side which seemed to stop some of the shaking a bit.
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On the plus side, I don't think it's much nicer here - so at least you get to suffer through it somewhere interesting.
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