The National Orphan Train Museum… Who Knew?

 The National Orphan Train Museum… Who Knew?

David noticed a small roadside sign for the National Orphan Train Museum (NOTC). We whizzed past too quickly to figure out exactly what it was. Is there a museum that collects ‘orphaned’ train cars and displays them? We were perplexed, but decided it was worth stopping in Concordia, Kansas, to learn more.

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New Brunswick - Exploring Saint John

New Brunswick - Exploring Saint John

It was a fine day for ducks...rain, wind and more rain... but we ventured into Saint John anyway. It’s an old city. Samuel de Champlain and company first arrived at the mouth of the St. John River on the feast day of St. John the Baptist and named the area in his honor. After the influx of ~14,000 British Loyalists who settled in the area in 1783 following the British defeat in the American Revolution, the city was officially established by Royal Charter as Saint John, Canada’s first incorporated city.

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