The cities in this part of the world are small by my standards, but they are nice none the less. Corner Brook is large enough to have a Walmart. Can anybody aspire to more? We didn’t visit the Walmart, but we did take a very nice nature trail walk. We had perfect weather.

The city has a small museum. My eye caught a 1936 Atwater Kent radio. In the 1930s, they were the radios you wanted. The information placard indicated this was one of the last radios they made. They were forced out of business by a pending labor strike. This is the kind of information that makes me wish I knew more. What were the other problems Atwater Kent was facing? It’s quite rare for a pending strike to force a healthy company to shut down. I also read that it had “a 3 band set with shallow tuning known as a fan dial”. That would be fun to look up.

I also saw this 1908 one speed pedal bike. The top horizontal tube supports a toolbox. (Point of interest, this is exactly where many new E-bikes put the battery.) Did it have a freewheel? Did it have coaster brakes? I don’t know. Here’s another interesting topic for a cold winter’s evening.

We closed out our visit with this kitschy train ride. The totally unexpected bonus was the offer to stop half way through the way and pet a Newfoundland dog. A few people took them up on the offer. The train reserves a few empty seats so they can pick the folks up on the next ride. Where else can you find a train ride with a feature as cool as that?