11-14-2013, 10:41 AM
Good morning all. It's hard to believe that we're just two weeks away from Thanksgiving Day. I have no idea where the first ten months of this year went, but they did.
Another beautiful day here in the desert southwest. Highs still expected in the 80's, but heading down into the 70's by this weekend. The even have a chance of rain in the forecast for mid next week. As usual, I'll take that with a grain of salt.
I am kind of jealous of you guys in the colder climates though. Not because of the weather, but because you have some great layout tours as well as shows and swap meets around now. There are probably some tours around here, but I'm not away of them if there are any, and I can't believe that there hasn't been on of the bigger shows, like The World's Greatest Hobby or The Great Train Expo here in years. You would think that they would be flocking here during the winter months, but there's none on their schedules for the Phoenix area. The last time I remember the WGH show stopping by was at least five or six years ago in the middle of the summer. They were in an enclosed horse arena up in Scottsdale with temps probably pushing 110, They advertised hundreds of booths and lots of layouts. I doubt that there were fifty booths, none of them were manufacturers,there was only one layout, and then they probably wondered why they had a poor showing.
Another beautiful day here in the desert southwest. Highs still expected in the 80's, but heading down into the 70's by this weekend. The even have a chance of rain in the forecast for mid next week. As usual, I'll take that with a grain of salt.
I am kind of jealous of you guys in the colder climates though. Not because of the weather, but because you have some great layout tours as well as shows and swap meets around now. There are probably some tours around here, but I'm not away of them if there are any, and I can't believe that there hasn't been on of the bigger shows, like The World's Greatest Hobby or The Great Train Expo here in years. You would think that they would be flocking here during the winter months, but there's none on their schedules for the Phoenix area. The last time I remember the WGH show stopping by was at least five or six years ago in the middle of the summer. They were in an enclosed horse arena up in Scottsdale with temps probably pushing 110, They advertised hundreds of booths and lots of layouts. I doubt that there were fifty booths, none of them were manufacturers,there was only one layout, and then they probably wondered why they had a poor showing.
Don (ezdays) Day
Board administrator and
founder of the CANYON STATE RAILROAD
Board administrator and
founder of the CANYON STATE RAILROAD