Two big coffees for me there Sabrina. Just got back from a Immuno Gamma Globulin treatment at the Dr's, and boy am I cold. I don't think the nurses let it get entirely thawed from the freezer. Plus with the nice COLD rain and wind we got going here, every one of my joints feel like they have been beat with a baseball bat. I hate having to take these things but except for last week, that is only the second time I've had any kind of illness like that in the over eight years I've had those treatments.
Gimme two more cups please, the first two haven't worked yet!!!!
I don't hunt anymore either. Show you my luck, I hunted in the richest part of the state for over 25 years, shotgun, rifle, and bow looking for a nice whitetail. For 24 of those years, I didn't see a thing and only succeeded in getting cold. Meanwhile everyone around my stand was killing their deer. Finally in 1981, I go and at the very end of the day on the last day of bow season, I got my deer. The next year where I had my guns stored, at my brother in laws, got broken into, all of my guns, including my dad's custom made .22 automatic, as well as all of his guns, my BIL's guns and ammo got stolen. Never replaced the guns and never went hunting again.
G-man: Been thinking about what you said about the coal mine on the plan, and decided I really shouldn't tie up the siding with a train while it switched the mine. So I switched places with it and the oil/chemical facility. To give my SRR 2-10-2's sumpin else to do I included a nice turntable big enough to turn them at the mine. Would've like to include a wye, but there simply wasn't room for a wye big enough for those monsters.(I drew in a 12", but with my luck they're 14". Gotta measure them.) Plus I decided that the additional locos on the branch wouldn't hurt as it is supposed to be the busiest part of the layout! If you'd like to see it, let me know and I'll post it. The changes also allowed me to make some changes to the lower level to expose more of the nolix. Now Rex has another bridge to build!
Rex: Whats the lastest on the Tsunami? Got all those CVs programmed yet???
Two cups of your best hot chocolate to go, please Sabrina. I'll be back later, and get some more. Boy its cold!
None of em had antlers. 
." I always find it to be a bit humorous, as I see deer on my way to the bus stop quite frequently. Ten crossed in front of us the other day on the way home from church too. We counted 12 turkey(s?) in the same field a week later. Living in the middle of nowhere has its advantages 
My heart goes out to you as I've seen some of the pictures and you seemed to have been quite well along in your layout. A real heart breaker to say the least.