Rainbows in the Lehigh Valley Gorge

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Thank you Charlie, and I will take that beer!

I've spent what little time I had available this weekend to putting in shrubs in the foreground areas - same technique I used in Mud Run for simulated Mountain Laurel and Rhododendron.  What I'm going for is depth in an area of the layout that is nearly vertical, but that's a good interpretation of the terrain in the gorge - it's quite steep in a lot of places, rocky and pretty wild.

   

Here's a shot I took from the CNJ side of the river (now that rail trail through the gorge) around Thanksgiving in 2005.  Steep embankment full of rhododendron and spindly trees.

     

Another few days of dressing more shrubs and I'll move on to foreground trees.