Those caribou keep faking me out. They seem so off beat, so nonchalant, so non-uptight, unlike bear or moose say. This time I was going into the visitor center at Port au Choix, half way down the western coast of Newfoundland, when the receptionist said – “forget the exhibits, they’ll be here for ever – go out and see the caribou” . Sure, no problem, where do I go ? So I wandered off on the bike towards the lighthouse at the end of the point, not seeing anything. I go to the end and dismount. Seeing some other tourists down by the beach, I wandered towards them. “Hey”, they said, “go see the caribou.” Ok, where ? Oh yeah, I can see one of them waking up now. Those famous animals had gone to sleep
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