Day 35. Sept 10, 2013

Glorious day traveling around Bonavista Peninsula of Newfoundland.  Started with a nice hike.  We ran across a kazillion wild blueberry bushes.  Picked as many as would fit in our only container, and ate a bunch.  Saw bear poop, so they probably are enjoying, too.  

Had lunch at a local restaurant serving local foods to locals.  We had pan-fried Caplin.  It is kind of like smelt.  You eat everything...head, tail, bones, skin.  Interesting!

Then went to the tip of the peninsula where John Cabot landed in 1497.  

The landscape is really rugged.  The homes' architecture and the scenery remind me of Norway.  

Then we visited a town that claims to be the "root cellar of the world".  They use these to keep food from freezing in winter and from spoiling in summer.  Also visited a town that had been built by the fisher men's union in early 1900s.  Only such town in North America.

Then we took a 5.3 kilometer hike.  Some travel magazine called it one of the top 20 trails in Europe and North America.  Skerwink Trail.  All kinds of warning signs about dangers and difficulty.  It was breath-taking.  The trail follows the Atlantic Ocean, with its cliffs dropping down below.  Saw caribou and fox poop. 

Capped the day with dinner in a restaurant (mussels, seafood chowder, and smoked salmon baguette), then a play in a nearby village.  These people have been doing theatre for 20 years.  Hard to believe they can sustain that, even though the town doesn't have a grocery store or other amenities.