It's pictures like yours that puts it back in perspective!
Thanks Dave,
My dad and I usually spend just a few days here and there on the layout. Sometimes I don't get down to his house for weeks, and his job doesn't afford a lot of time for him either. But when we do get to work on it we try to make the most of the time. This past trip we went all out and installed all the under-table machine we could, I reworked some track in the middle staging area because the radii turned out to tight and my Dad worked on some wiring of the machines. This was one of the few time that we both got to work on it together. My days off and his don't coincide, so it's nice when we do get together.
Just keep at the work and It will get done. I always would rather take an extra day to get a small section of track perfect then bang out a large area with bad track work. From day one of this layout I told my Dad I wanted bullet-proof track. In the past we've had other layouts and the track wasn't as good as it should of been. This only make the train driving aspect of the hobby ANNOYING. Who wants to constantly put wheels back on the track, not me. I usually happens in the hardest to reach areas, too.
Take your time and do it right... as Mr Rogers would say.