I joined a local club a year ago. My entire life I've been nothing but a Christmas runner. I go once a month at least, run my own trains and enjoy the heck out of it. It's about 20 minutes away, which is really nice!!
Being off the floor is nice, our layout is approx 25 x 45. Nice to see your stuff run on something so big.
All clubs are a little different, I'm just mad I waited to long!