Things Are Progressing

Things are really moving forward. Thanks to wife Sue (painting),a wonderful neighbor Bob Gouirand, and another great neighbor Don Brien (saw), we've made great progress the last week. The blue sky backdrop is all painted; Don arranged for the loan of a "chop" saw for as long as we need it, and Bob has taken me to Home Depot on two occasions already for lumber, saving a lot of money and providing a lot of grunt labor. Today, Bob and I cut and assembled 13 of the 2' x 8' grid panels that serve as the base for the roadbed. Earlier this week, he and I put in the 2 x 4's around the walls to which we attach the open grid work. I've pretty well settled on a design, so we are only days from starting the roadbed and maybe even early stages of track work.Yeah!