05-15-2011, 11:43 PM
Okay...so you may have noticed I didn't post pics later that day, or all weekend, or in this post for that matter. This was a frightfully busy weekend. Synod Assembly on Friday, a wonderful wedding and dinner on Saturday, regular Sunday services this morning and a special preaching opportunity at Elbe this afternoon. Oh, and throw in what feels like strep throat starting sometime Friday night...ugh.
Even so, I had a nice time at the assembly, an even better time at the wedding (the groom fixed awesome ribs...pastoral perks abound!) and you may recognize the name Elbe as a boarding location for the Mount Rainier Scenic Railroad. Yes, that Elbe. There's a little white church across the tracks, literally, from the station and they hold services once a month and invite local Lutheran pastors to preach. This was my second time and it was wonderful.
PLUS, MRSR had run a special excursion from Eatonville down the hill into Tacoma for the first TNW swap meet and train show. I was bummed because I heard about it Thursday night at the NMRA clinic and knew my weekend was going to be packed with no chance to railfan a rare steam move over local trackage!
Ah, but fortune shone on me today even though the sun did not. I'll document that story under a new thread in a different category...with pictures once I get them resized.
For now it's off to bed to get well. Pictures of the bridge whenever I get to them...hopefully tomorrow morning....
Galen
Even so, I had a nice time at the assembly, an even better time at the wedding (the groom fixed awesome ribs...pastoral perks abound!) and you may recognize the name Elbe as a boarding location for the Mount Rainier Scenic Railroad. Yes, that Elbe. There's a little white church across the tracks, literally, from the station and they hold services once a month and invite local Lutheran pastors to preach. This was my second time and it was wonderful.
PLUS, MRSR had run a special excursion from Eatonville down the hill into Tacoma for the first TNW swap meet and train show. I was bummed because I heard about it Thursday night at the NMRA clinic and knew my weekend was going to be packed with no chance to railfan a rare steam move over local trackage!
Ah, but fortune shone on me today even though the sun did not. I'll document that story under a new thread in a different category...with pictures once I get them resized.
For now it's off to bed to get well. Pictures of the bridge whenever I get to them...hopefully tomorrow morning....
Galen
I may not be a rivet counter, but I sure do like rivets!