And a little more about layouts

Welcome back readers. Omscaler is a little pumped. You see, last Saturday I attended a winter train show in Helena Alabama. The show is sponsored by Smokey City Rails model railroad club. Currently they occupy a store front at The Shops of Grand River in Leeds, Alabama. They meet of Thursday evenings for club business and open to the public during normal shop hours on Saturday and Sunday with the exception of being at a train show or a holiday. By the way, their Christmas display was great. Anyway, yours truly won a door prize. Imagine that! The funny thing was the prize was a Ten Dollar Coupon redeemable at the show. Don’t misunderstand me. I definitely appreciated the gift. My quandary was what to do? I chuckled inwardly that my scale was so unique that I had to mentally work to figure out a subject to use the coupon for. The selection of wares at the show was staggering. I began to search the displays for something to aquire. A lot of things in the book category caught my eye. But I did not go that route. Omscaler already has an extensive archive of model railroad material. I thought about my grandson who attended with me last year. At the Gadsden train show we had attended together a couple of years ago, he won a door prize of some model trees. Since that time, he and his family have moved and the model trees may have been lost. So, I thought I would replace the trees. I found some at one of the dealer tables and noted these new trees looked more realistic than the old trees. They were priced about the same as my coupon also. Now, alls well that ends well. Besides this I ran into a number of old friends and met some new people as well. All in all a good day. As a final note, I stopped at the old depot restaurant and got a beverage to go when I left town. And, by the way, about more layouts, There were several interesting ones at the show. It just gets better and better, omscaler