Cowhead to L’Anse aux Meadows

July 10th we left Cowhead and headed for L’Anse aux Meadows.
As we left Cowhead we headed over to Shallow Bay beach which is very impressive as to the size of the beach and the sand dunes.

After this we hit the road and our next stop was at “The Arches” which are part of a Provincial Park. These are really neat as to how the sea and winds have washed away the rock formation to form the arches.

Once back the road our next stop was at a small place called Flower Cove where they have Thrombolites. Thrombolites are microbial structures – living organisms that look like rocks. You can see from the pictures that the larger ones are about 3′ high and about 15′ in diameter.  These are only found in two places in the world. Here in Newfoundland and Hamelin Pool in Shark Bay Western Australia.

Now back on the long coastal drive up to L’anse aux Meadows. Look at this for beautiful scenery.

However before driving to L’Anse aux Meadows we took a bit of a side trip to St. Anthony and are we glad we did.
First off there is a Tim Hortons in St. Anthony with the only Iceberg Donut in Canada.

But even better than that there was a very large iceberg right in the middle channel of the harbour and wow was it huge. 
We found a spot to park and headed out on a short hike to get a closer look. We estimated that the iceberg was probably about 100 ft tall at it’s peak. So, after lots of pictures and talking with some local folks who felt that this one would be here for a couple weeks we headed to L’anse aux Meadows for the night.
L’anse aux Meadows is where the Vikings first landed with Leif Erickson about 1000 years ago. There is a National Park here but it was late in the day so we checked into our B&B and would visit the site tomorrow.
After dinner at a local cafe we took a short walk in the are of Hay Cove and found a fair size iceberg grounded on the rocks.