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Alaska Land & Sea Photo Blog

Tour Name: Alaska Land & Sea Tour Dates: June 11-23, 2025 Tour Director: Patti Olson Tour Highlights: “What a blessing to travel with fellow Christians to experience the amazing state of Alaska and to see the glory of God’s handiwork everywhere we turned. The weather was the best ever, and we had a rare opportunity […]

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Photo Blog: Virginia Beach & Norfolk, VA

Tour: Virginia Beach & Norfolk, VA Tour Dates: April 22-25, 2025 Tour Director: Karen Coffey Tour Director Highlights: The Norfolk Botanical Gardens are a joy to the senses as you ride the tram through this park. It is a feast for the eyes to see the beauty and intensity of the flowers in bloom along […]

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Photo Blog: 4-Day Mystery Tour

Tour name: 4-Day Spring Mystery Tour Tour director: Patti Olson Dates: April 29 to May 2, 2025 Highlights: It takes a special person to sign up for a Mystery Tour. The travelers don’t know where BNT is taking them until they encounter each stop along the way. They have to pack creatively, not knowing if […]

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Photo Blog: Best of Texas

Tour Name: The Best of Texas Tour Date:  April 23 – May 5, 2025 Tour Director:  Angie Rohrer Tour Director Highlights: On our recent almost 4,000 mile journey to and from Texas we were blessed with good weather (most of the time), good food, good fellowship and good singing! We traveled deep into the heart […]

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Quebec, Montreal & Ottawa – 6 – Day Group Tour Road Trip

  This July, BNT will travel to Eastern Canada to tour Quebec, Montreal, and Ottawa. This 6-day group tour road trip is the perfect way to experience must-see highlights. Dating back to the mid-1600s, all three Canadian cities are multi-lingual and multi-cultural with quite a few people claiming influence: the Indigenous Nation, French, British, Scottish, […]

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Travel Pro: How to Get Your Real ID in Pennsylvania

The May 7, 2025, deadline for Pennyslvania’s Real ID-compliant driver’s license is fast approaching—and that means something to travelers. This new form of identification will be needed to fly domestically and enter some military buildings, with a few caveats. While we are not the expert on this new form of identification, we want you, our […]

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Photo Blog: Rome and the Country Roads of Tuscany

Tour Name: Rome and the Country Roads of Tuscany Tour Date: November 5-13, 2024 Tour Director: Skip VanderSchaaf Tour Highlights: We flew from Philadelphia to Florence and arrived at our hotel in Montecatini Terme (known for its thermal spas). This would be our home for the next five nights. Our guide, Jeremy West, met us […]

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2025 Preview: Chalk Talk with Elva Interview

Name: Elva Hurst Hometown: Ephrata, PA Current Town: Lititz, PA Favorite Food: Pickled Beets & Ice Cream Thank you for sitting down with us, Elva. Tell us a little about yourself, your family, your upbringing? I grew up Old Order Mennonite and lived on a dairy farm in Ephrata, PA, and I  was educated to […]

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Niagara Falls, Ontario & Lion Safari

Tour Name: Niagara Falls, Ontario & Lion Safari Tour Date: September 25-28, 2024 Tour Director: Angie Rohrer Tour Director Highlights: Letchworth State Park in New York was our first stop on our way to Ontario. It was a beautiful place to visit (despite the rain) with three impressive water falls. We were well entertained by […]

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Mountain Trains of New Hampshire Photo Blog

Tour Name: Mountain Trains of New Hampshire Tour Date: October 16-20, 2024 Tour Director: Angie Rohrer Tour Director Highlights: Have you ever learned how to “speak” New Hampshire? On our recent adventure to New Hampshire we had a delightful step-on guide “Meg” who taught us just that. We also learned about the different colored beautiful […]

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Germany, Austria & Switzerland Photo Blog

Tour: Germany, Austria and Switzerland Dates: September 17-27, 2024 Tour Director: Patti Olson Tour Director Highlights: This European tour included so many fabulous places to visit, including several ancient walled cities and many with protective fortresses guarding them from high above. Such a rich history and colorful buildings. From the dense Black Forest to the […]

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England, Scotland & Wales Photo Blog

Tour: England, Scotland & Wales Dates: October 9 – 17, 2024 Tour Director: Laura Bomberger Tour Director Highlights: Perspective. One of things I love most about travel is the opportunity to refine, sharpen, and perhaps, realign my perspective as I step into another culture to learn, experience, and observe a new and different way of […]

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Mackinac Island & Thunder Bay Resort Photo Blog

Tour Name: Mackinac Island and Thunder Bay Resort Tour Date: September 9-16, 2024 Tour Director: Angie Rohrer Tour Director Highlights:   Mackinaw Island is a beautiful, enchanting place. It’s like stepping back in time to an era before cars. Your choice of transportation was horse drawn carriages, bicycles or walking. The smell of fudge draws you […]

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Trains Of West Virginia Photo Blog

Tour Name: Trains of West Virginia/Canaan Valley    Tour Date: August 14-17, 2024 Tour Director:  Grace Heagy Tour Director Highlights:  We enjoyed four days in the beautiful mountains of West Virginia, riding on two trains and staying at the wonderful Canaan Valley Resort.  New Tygart Flyer took us to High Falls on the Cheat River.  […]

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North & South Dakota Photo Blog

Tour Name: North and South Dakota Tour Date: June 13-27, 2024 Tour Director: Angie Rohrer Tour Director Highlights: Have you ever wanted to go to Mount Rushmore or see buffalo up close and personal?  Well, on our trip to North and South Dakota we did see Mount Rushmore in between the fog.  Unfortunately, the buffalo […]

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Journey On A Christmas Tour — Snow or Sunshine?

Christmastime is the sacred season of celebrating the birth of Christ. It’s also a season of gift-giving, gatherings, and good food—and so much more! We hang greens and make wreathes. We sing songs and decorate a tree or three. We ponder and shop for gifts we hope our loved ones will enjoy. And we spend […]

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Wisconsin Dells Photo Blog

Tour Name:       Wisconsin Dells Tour Date:         June 24-29, 2024 Tour Director:   Grace Heagy Tour Director Highlights:  We traveled to Wisconsin Dells to enjoy many sights and landmarks.  The Wisconsin River was flowing 7 feet above normal so the power of the river was quite evident.  Cambrian sandstone and water created […]

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Canadian Rockies VIA Rail Photo Blog

Tour Name:  Canadian Rockies VIA Rail Tour Date:  June 8-15, 2024 Tour Director:  Grace Heagy Tour Director Highlights:  We traveled to Vancouver and then by ferry to  beautiful Victoria, British Columbia provincial capital. There we were treated to Butchart Gardens, the downtown seaport, Parliament building and other points of interest. At the end of our […]

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Alaska By Land & Sea: Part 2 ~ “The Sea”

Tour Name: Alaska By Land & Sea Dates: June 5-16, 2024 Tour Directors: Patti & Dave Olson Highlights: Alaska is currently a top tour destination and is drawing record numbers of visitors. We had a full tour this year and saw both the interior of Alaska, where the majority of the residents live, and the […]

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Alaska By Land & Sea: Part 1 “The Land”

Tour Name: Alaska By Land & Sea Dates: June 5-16, 2024 Tour Directors: Patti & Dave Olson Highlights: Alaska is currently a top tour destination and is drawing record numbers of visitors. We had a full tour this year and saw both the interior of Alaska, where the majority of the residents live, and the […]

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