BNT Tour Name: Quaker Treasures Date: Sept. 18, 2018 Tour Director: Patti Olson Tour Director Highlights: This new one-day tour was a hit with the passengers as we toured William Penn’s homestead and the city he founded and laid out. We had a delicious Early American dinner at City Tavern, which hosted our founding fathers in […]
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BNT Group Tour: Lake George, NY Dates: September 10-13, 2018 Tour Director: Patti Olson Tour Director Highlight: “The ten top-rated places to visit in the Adirondacks are Lake Placid (#1) and Lake George (#2). Our tour group visited both! The tour was full of spectacular mountain vistas, a luncheon cruise on beautiful Lake George, American […]
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Thank you, Patti Olson, for a fabulous Alaska photo blog of BNT travelers having wonderful fun together traveling the globe. Tour Director: Patti Olson Tour: Alaska By Land and Sea 2018 Tour Dates: August 12-26, 2018 Tour Director: “The highlight of the entire trip was the day cruising through Glacier Bay National Park with a park ranger […]
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Let’s celebrate Spider Cake! Whether we travel “North of Lancaster” or not, baking a Spider Cake is a delicious way to usher in Autumn—or, to wish it here already! This New England skillet cake even has a surprise inside. By pouring heavy cream over the cake, a sweet layer of custard appears after it’s baked. What? Spider […]
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Alert! BNT goes to Niagara Falls on August 20, 2018, and October 3, 2018! Links available at the bottom of this article! Niagara Falls is one of the most fascinating places in North America. Here are 7 interesting facts about Niagara Falls. Do you know the answers to these questions? No peeking! Is Niagara Falls public […]
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Byline: Karen Leslie A Trip Down the von Trapp Family Lane The Sound of Music, based on the true story of Maria von Trapp, happens to be one of my favorite movies with its memorable lines: “High on a hill was a lonely goat herd…” “How do you solve a problem like Maria? How do […]
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Norman Rockwell (1894 – 1978) 20th-century American author, painter, and illustrator who created 323 illustrations and 47 covers of The Saturday Evening Post. Picture this: small town America, the family gathered for dinner, patriotism, goodness, and hope. Capturing the best of every day life in America. That’s Norman Rockwell’s creative legacy. BNT will visit the Norman Rockwell […]
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You like a little nip in the air, a cozy fire, fall foliage, pines draped with the whitest snow, a cool New York lake, church steeples in a gentle valley—enough! Take me there! Enjoy the scenes from our featured tour and more! Want to catch fall foliage this year? There’re still seat available on our […]
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Tour Director: Patti Olson Tour Name: Arizona, Utah & Grand Canyon with Sedona, AZ Tour Date: June 21-29, 2018 Tour Director Thoughts/Highlights: “An adventurous group of 32 travelers embarked on a journey by air to Salt Lake City, Utah, where we began with a group dinner at a Japanese hibachi restaurant. Only the brave tried eating with chopsticks! Then, […]
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Tour Director: Patti Olson Tour Name: Arizona, Utah & Grand Canyon with Sedona, AZ Tour Date: June 21-29, 2018 Tour Director Thoughts/Highlights: “An adventurous group of 32 travelers embarked on a journey by air to Salt Lake City, Utah, where we began with a group dinner at a Japanese hibachi restaurant. Only the brave tried eating with chopsticks! Then, […]
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Tour Director: Patti Olson Tour Name: Arizona, Utah & Grand Canyon with Sedona, AZ Tour Date: June 21-29, 2018 Tour Director Thoughts/Highlights: “An adventurous group of 32 travelers embarked on a journey by air to Salt Lake City, Utah, where we began with a group dinner at a Japanese hibachi restaurant. Only the brave tried eating with chopsticks! Then, […]
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Come to the Islands Tour Director: Patti Olson Tour: Come to the Islands – 1 Day Tour Date: May 31, 2018 Tour Director Thoughts/Highlights: Tours of Hooper Island and Smith Island. Dorchester County has a very traditional way of life that they’ve maintained since being one of the first settlements in U.S. The group took a one-hour narrated tour […]
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Tour: Cherry Blossom Odyssey Cruise Date: April 4, 2018 Tour Director: Marge Sherid TD Thoughts: “The Cherry Blossom Odyssey Cruise tour April 4th was a great trip…the food was fabulous, the blossoms were just about at their peak despite the cool, windy weather, and we were able to visit several monuments.” Blue Angels Tour Tour […]
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BNT Tour: Spring Mystery Tour to RICHMOND, VA!! Tour Director: Patti Olson Tour Dates: May 2 – 5, 2018 Tour Highlights: Agecroft Hall, Trolley Tour, Riverfront Canal Cruise, and St. John’s Church where Patrick Henry fanned the flames of independence with his rousing “Give me liberty or give me death!” speech; glass blowing demonstration, Capital Ale […]
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Byline: Karen Leslie Did you know you can leave a comment on a lot of the BNT Travel Blogs, in particular the Photo Blogs? The comment box will appear at the bottom of the Travel Blog page once you “log in” or register with your email address. This is a great place to share your […]
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BNT Tour: Savannah & Charleston Tour Director: (and photographer extraordinaire) Skip & Karen VanderSchaaf Tour Dates: April 8-14, 2018 Tour Director Memories: “Our trip to Charleston and Savannah was very enjoyable. The travelers were a fun group, laughed a lot, and, were ALWAYS on time. They got along well, and also, seemed to become a “family” that […]
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BNT Tour: The Creation Museum & Ark Encounter Tour Directors: Dave & Patti Olson Tour Dates: April 23-26, 2018 Memories? Please type a comment in the box at the bottom of the photo blog. We’d love to hear from you! (If you haven’t registered your email yet, you’ll do that first. Look for this at the bottom of the […]
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BNT Tour: Best of Texas Tour Director: Dave & Patti Olson Tour Dates: April 4-15, 2018 Memories? Please type a comment in the box at the bottom of the photo blog. We’d love to hear from you! (If you haven’t registered your email yet, you’ll do that first. Look for this at the bottom of this section:“You […]
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BNT Travelers enjoy a Mystery Tour to Philadelphia and Valley Forge where they enjoyed a tour and learning Block Printing at the University of Pennsylvania’s Anthropology Museum, a re-enactment at Independence Hall, and a stop by the Valley Forge Memorial. Winter fun! Photos courtesy of Tour Director Karen Kuch!
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Byline: Karen Leslie Lighthouses are both beacons of warning and welcome. We’ve a long history of exploring the waters by boat. At some point, we must make our way back to the land. Lighthouses are set upon a mound of rocks, a high point on land along the coastline, on flat sandy shores, a harbor […]
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