RMRC Show

Attendees

  • Scott Sanburn
  • Tony Hedglen
  • Grace Hedglen
  • Stefan Garcia
  • Victoria Garcia

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Oh early mornings how we loathe thee. Scott, Tony, and Grace went to Grand Rapids the night before to avoid a two hour crack of day drive the day of the show. Victoria and Stefan only lived 45 minutes away so drove in that morning. Victoria and Stefan arrived first and unloaded the car. Scott and crew were next and we got down to the real business of setting up. This was our first show in a while, so we were a bit rusty, but all things considered it went well. Scott had brought the new IR trains and so we set them up first to have at least one train running at show open. The rest of the layout was up and running in short order. The show this year seemed more crowded than last, a good thing in terms of attendance. Scott had brought along several new sets, and as usual it was the rest of us that got to build them, much to our delight and Scott's chagrin. Stefan built the new crane set, Victoria built the old Creator house, and Tony built the bridge truck.

The show chugged along and neared closing time, but first Stefan had a little fun at Scott's expense. Seeing as the new IR trains aren't track-powered, they can run on 9V track without worry. So Stefan took to racing the IR train against the 9V, tagging along behind it and keeping just ahead of it. I'm pretty sure Scott has a few less hairs now. And it wouldn't be a Michiana-LUG show without a case of "Scott luck" striking - he left the lights on in the Tahoe and had to get a jump from Victoria. After teardown was done, we all headed over to Olive Garden for dinner, where the food was decent but the service was questionable.

It was a fun show, and we're glad to be back after our little hiatus.

Thanks

RMRC - for hosting us at their show.