I almost didn't attend the NASG convention in Scranton. Faced with several hundred dollars and being on a fixed retirement income, I didn't see how I could justify spending all that money. I came up with a compromise: a one-day blitz. I had my layout open for three days of the convention, so I went to Scranton early Friday morning and figured on spending the day at the convention, stay at a cheap motel in Wilkes-Barre that night and return home Saturday morning. It looks like the convention folks weren't geared for one-dayers. I paid my 20 bucks on line, but the folks at the registration table didn't have a record of my applying and they had no badges for my wife and me. No problem, Jamie came by and we did up some hand-written badges. Since it was for one day, we couldn't get tickets for Steamtown, but since I had a Golden Age Passport, we got in for nothing anyway. I had a great time seeing a lot of old friends and got to peruse the dealer hall. My big purchase was a PRR X31 made b y Frank Titman.
So, I spent a total of $125 for the whole thing, not counting gas from Shippensburg, PA. Obviously, I can't do a one dayer in Wisconsin next year, but I hope we can swing it to go for several days. If anyone lives fairly close to a convention, I would recommend doing one day if cost cutting is your thing so you won't miss out on all the fun. I just hope the convention folks can accomodate one-dayers more efficiently. This is not meant to criticize an overall great convention. It looks like I'll get my turn to run one. I volunteered to head up the 2014 NMRA MER regional convention if our division votes to do it. Roy Hoffman --- In [email protected], tennsgauge@... wrote: > > Yes, attending multiple conventions really runs up the expense. I am > already thinking about 2014. > > I want to attend the NMRA National Convention in Cleveland for the clinics, > plus I know there are a lot of S guys there too. > > I would also like to attend the NASG in Wisconsin a few days later. I > could even go by Amtrak from Cleveland to Milwaukee. > > But with all the lodging costs, its probably going to be too expensive. > > I will have to choose, and it will probably be in favor of the NMRA > clinics, depending on what DCC and signaling clinics I see listed prior to > the > convention. > > - Earl Henry, > Nashville > > ------------------------------------ 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/
