Hi Rusty; I visited Sacramento once on a business trip. I took an extra day and drove to visit Ed L. and his layout instead of the railroad museum (and still feel it was a good decision).
I know a couple of folks who live in Las Vegas. One of them commented about the weather "Every one says it's ok because it's a dry heat. So is an oven, but I don't want to sit in one...." I do have to laugh at Duluth and St. Louis being "East". Since I live in New England, even Bill in Joisy is a "Westerner" way over there past the Hudson - except my family came from New Jersey so I "know" that the west doesn't start until Ohio.... It would be great to hear reports about the specifically 'S' parts of the event. I see that last night was the Yahoo Group get together. I know I'd like to hear any reports about that! Pieter E. Roos --- On Fri, 7/8/11, Rusty <[email protected]> wrote: > Having lived in the humid midwest and > visiting back there many times in the summer, many > times! When it is in the mid nineties here in > California it feels just about like the low 80's back in the > humid east. If you drive around Sacramento you will > also soon discover that they have more trees in that city > than the PRR had boxcars. The mosquito population is very > sparse though. I do think I was there and down at the river > rafting and I saw one, not sure though. You pretty much have > to go up into the Sierras to find them. They are friendly > too and will stop often to visit > As far as anyone putting down California > we are very use to that. This last weekend with in 150 mile > of Sacramento you could have gone scuba diving of the coast, > or sailing, maybe got to Santa Cruz, visit the really fine > Sn3 layout and take in some surfing or the Shay train up the > mountain. there was always that guy in Los Altos. If that > wasn't you idea of fun there was Skiing over the 4th of July > up in the Tahoe area. Stay away from all the old Casinos > though. They just take your brass locomotive funds. I didn't > even mention the wine train, the trains at Jamestown, The > trolleys at Rio Vista, or a myriad of other activities all > with in 150 freeway miles from the convention center. > Remember that word, "freeways". We do have toll bridges but > the rest is freeways, no tolls. The speed limit is also 70 > mph > The california Railroad Museum is not as > big as the Scranton operation but it is still very > nice. The only bad part is too many places very close by to > buy food and drink. There is also at least one S > scaler at the convention that is into PRR, kind of levels > the playing field for Eddie L. The rest are mostly SP. I > guess there are not very many S scalers that model SP out > here though. If there were then maybe River Raisin might > import an SP engine or two. > If memory serves me correctly Mr Lane did come to > California for the 2000 NASG. I also heard that every > thing S scale oriented this year was a sell out at the > convention. I was told that Duluth and St Louis did not do > that well, just a rumor though. They are both back > east near the Heartland of S scale. > > Grumpy Rusty ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/S-Scale/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
