santafewillie
Same Ol' Buzzard
Good Morning Gang. It's a fall-like 48° with clear skies this morning. Only getting up to 71° today. Back to the more normal 62°-85° range by Sunday. Seems like we got .3" of rain sometime after midnight Wednesday night.
As many have read, I was vacationing Saturday-yesterday and took in three model railroad museums along the way. Spent time on the beach in Gulf Shores AL as well. I am reviewing the pictures that I took at two of the museums now, and when I get a chance, I will figure out how to get the additional pictures that I took with my wife's cell phone into the computer and post some of them as well.
While getting gas somewhere around Covington LA, the "Batmobile" pulled in next to me.
A few comments on posts from the last few days that I missed:
Karl - I have thousands of feet of phone and computer wire that was being discarded from where I used to work, and it makes great wiring for building lighting. Could probably be used for signaling and turnout control (if one uses electrical controls), but it is mostly too small a gauge for track power. Good to know that the brass loco will come to life when there is track to run it on.
Eric - Hoping that the cats aren't stuck indoors.
Ken - I'm with you, except 36 hours is closer to my tolerance. I do make an exception every fall for our Gulf Shores visit. During the summer, my wife goes to the Texas shore with the kids and I stay "home alone"!
Louis - OK, I'll start with you. The following two pictures were taken on the "O" scale layout at the "Mississippi Coast Model Railroad Museum" in Gulfport MS.
One final picture of the view from my condo balcony in Gulf Shores.
I'm headed out for my walk along known routes this morning. In Gulf Shores, I walked along the road running in front of our condo and kept getting blasted by errant sprinklers.
Everyone have a good Friday.
Willie
As many have read, I was vacationing Saturday-yesterday and took in three model railroad museums along the way. Spent time on the beach in Gulf Shores AL as well. I am reviewing the pictures that I took at two of the museums now, and when I get a chance, I will figure out how to get the additional pictures that I took with my wife's cell phone into the computer and post some of them as well.
While getting gas somewhere around Covington LA, the "Batmobile" pulled in next to me.
A few comments on posts from the last few days that I missed:
Karl - I have thousands of feet of phone and computer wire that was being discarded from where I used to work, and it makes great wiring for building lighting. Could probably be used for signaling and turnout control (if one uses electrical controls), but it is mostly too small a gauge for track power. Good to know that the brass loco will come to life when there is track to run it on.
Eric - Hoping that the cats aren't stuck indoors.
Ken - I'm with you, except 36 hours is closer to my tolerance. I do make an exception every fall for our Gulf Shores visit. During the summer, my wife goes to the Texas shore with the kids and I stay "home alone"!
Louis - OK, I'll start with you. The following two pictures were taken on the "O" scale layout at the "Mississippi Coast Model Railroad Museum" in Gulfport MS.
One final picture of the view from my condo balcony in Gulf Shores.
I'm headed out for my walk along known routes this morning. In Gulf Shores, I walked along the road running in front of our condo and kept getting blasted by errant sprinklers.
Everyone have a good Friday.
Willie
