You're welcome, Dennis.
Your ideas sound great! My layout in an 11x11 room is a twice around, crossing over itself in the middle of the room. So, one side the high tracks are in the rear, and the other side of the room has the high tracks in the front. I have installed half of a K-Line set of trestles so I can see through to the rear of the tracks and the scenery back there also. The plastic trestle bents are temporary until I think of something better. I won't change until I have the scenery behind them finished, which I haven't even started yet. They are solid, so it doesn't matter how long it takes.
We have only been in your region once. We spent a week near Lake George in 2012. It's is a beautiful area, and we want to go back someday.
