Detour to Vinland October 12, 2016Home, plein air painting, Road Trip, travelCarol L. Douglas, Gros Morne, Hurricane Matthew, L'Anse aux Meadows, Labrador, Newfoundland, Norse, Norsemen, plein air painting, trans-Canada adventure, Trans-Canada Highway, Vikings By Carol Douglas What in this bleak and cold landscape, with its buffeting winds and lack of topsoil, seemed attractive to the Vikings?