Weeks have gone by without my completing the results of my travels throughout Canada. There have been a range of issues leading up to my poor showing, but without further boring you with explanations I will just begin anew..
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It was a cool and overcast day as I broke camp that morning, but I was prepared to make the best of what Labrador had to offer. Red Bay was the end of the paved road and was thus set as my destination.
I had no idea what to expect. I had learned, however, that Red Bay was only recently granted UNESCO world heritage site status in June of 2013, and thus, it became a for me an even more worthy destination.
In the 16th century Red Bay was a Basque whaling port, which continued in that capacity well into the 17th century.
Present day Red Bay is home to a mere 200 residents, which actually serves to complement the site and add to its lore as whaling port.
There are tours conducted in the welcome center, a museum that documents the lore of the Basque whaling days and tours to Saddle Island (located, perhaps, a half mile offshore) once served as both a fishing and whaling village).
My tale of whoa (as previously stated in my last blog) is that I inadvertently deleted approximately a week of photographs documented my time from L’Anse Meadows through Red Bay (from the 17th to the 23rd of July); it has never happened before and hopefully I’ve learned to be more careful in the future and I apologize for my lack of professionalism.
I have become so dependent on my photographs that it is very difficult to produce a meaningful blog without the photographic support (or am I just using this to justify my failure to complete the blog in a timely fashion?). In the way of compensation, here are a couple of links to L’Anse Meadows and Red Bay that are totally worthy of further exploration.
