My April 2022 was the most rewarding so far. I arrived Tuesday evening in order to be able to start setting up first thing on Wednesday. Getting 95% complete on Wednesday allowed time to attend and fully enjoy Around The Clock breakfast Thursday morning which I missed back in October. I had downsized what I brought to cut the cost of a rental van. It is true that I could not have fit one more thing in the Durango because somewhere in the back of my mind I knew it was impossible to bring the chair and bench kit business cards. I’ll make sure to have them in October.
A total of five current and former members of the Somerset 4-H Trainmasters stopped by, including two members that started out with me while in the 4th grade and now are “all grown up”, one working at the TCA museum and the other at Northlandz while they attend college.
I am grateful to be included in group dinners at Quaker Steak and Olive Garden. We got to talk trains, family and lines from Mel Brooks movies. I was very happy with the volume of hobbyists who stopped by to chat about my shadowboxes and associated product. All said and done, I was able to see out the back of the Durango on the way home and have a number of semi-custom orders to complete out of the build box inventory. Thank you to the EDTCA for hosting another great train show!
