Thank you, Bob, Mike, Dave C, Myles, Rubin, Dave, Peter!
Bob, good suggestion. I could certainly put in trees and bushes to hide the gap. I need to revise my brackets holding the backdrop if I am to leave it at a higher level than the original position. If I do that, I will need to put another small backdrop between the original table top and the lift up. Or, since I have more painting to do, I could paint another mountain/hillside higher than what is there now and put the backdrop where it originally was. That would cover both problems. I'm starting to lean that way; but who knows? 
Your brown solution worked out well!
Mike, real dirt. Baking dirt. You took me down memory lane. How many times did we walk into my grandma's house to that distinctive aroma? odor? scent? Who needed potting soil from the hardware store, when you could just dig some out of the compost pile, and bake it? I do have two dirt piles from my drainage ditch work two years ago that I could dip into for some scenery! 
Dave C, those are all good ideas for dirt patches and roads. After typing out the last message and posting photographs, it occurred to me I am doing this all wrong. Certainly a sizable mountain hotel set in the mid 50s would have a gravel lane and parking area to keep the guests' cars out of the mud. I have a selection of gravel and ballast from my HO days that could work for a gravel road. I will certainly be putting in some dirt roads later on the layout, so all your suggestions will help.
Myles, I have you to thank for the star of the scene!! It still looks great! With moving the hotel back and forth, I can attest to the fact that it is built rock solid. It is a testimonial to the care you gave to make sure everything was glued tight. I know it will hold up to moving on the rare occasion I need to lift up the base to access track below! Thank you!!
Dave, I have been thinking about how they would move freight between floors and of course move it along each floor. As far as adding an elevator, I am thinking it may not be seen from the windows, but I do need to have some workers and equipment right inside a few windows.
Rubin, I am thinking the single story portion could be a supervisor's office, and the area with the lower floor and door that a person could walk in or even drive a truck in could be a sales counter. I just need to start looking for items to use. The dollhouse detail parts is a great idea for some of those things.
Peter, I'm always glad you take a look knowing you have so many irons in the fire!
