Viking Land

Remember that cop I mentioned from St John's? the nice one who stopped tourists to help them out? well, his wife told us about her mother who ran a bed and breakfast in Rocky Harbour in the centre of Gros Morne Park. We decided to give her a call when we got there. So we stayed in a room at Shears Bed and Breakfast with Dot and Walter Shears. It was just like being at home. Not quite my home though, Dot makes all her own bread and jams. So breakfast was terrific....yogurt, blueberries, ground flax, eggs, homemade breads and biscuits and terrific company. The other people there were 2 cyclists from Germany, Theo and Miya. He is a comedian and she a teacher. Then Dot's 2 daughters came for coffee...Ruth, the daughter we met in St John had driven the 8 hours with her children and husband (the cop) to have a weekend with her family. What a great visit we had! Felt like we had known them for ages, rather than a 20 minute talk on the top of Signal Hill. But, that is Newfoundland for you....
I also forgot to tell you about the last Art's thing we attended...a Scuff and Scoff (that's dinner theatre to you) at Twillingate...locals put this on 6 nights a week over the summer. Great homemade dinner and then singing and silly humour. The guy who took our cash as we came in, pitched in to help serve our meals and then was the guitar player and actor in the entertainment. He did a great Peter Mansbridge imitation. One of the funny skits was Patsy Decline who sang I Fall to Pieces as bits of her popped off...until she collapsed on the ground and her hat fell over her face and the song ended abruptly. Real slapstick that had us all hooting...great fun.
We are now in a campground just near L'Anse aux Meadows. We decided to travel up the coast to here yesterday as the weather was rainy and save Gros Morne for the return journey. Newfoundland has created this nice turn around loop at the top so you don't have to backup all the way down. ( check your maps!) We will see the Viking exhibit this morning...they were here 1000 years ago for a brief 25 year time... and then head back the 400 kms to Gros Morne and hopefully Shears again. The coastal views with the hills of the Long Range Mountains on the other side, are just outstanding. Probably will take a zillion pictures again.