@Victor Bertolina posted:Hi Mark
I have enjoyed reading your posts. Adapting to a retired lifestyle is not for the faint-hearted. It is so much different than spending 10+ hours per day in an professional career. Now that my wife has retired and just about recovered from a serious illness, we can do some traveling. The train stuff always interested me but until retirement and building a train room, there was no way to enjoy it. I did start purchasing a few years ago without any real idea what the layout would look like. For the most part, I was able to utilize the items purchased. I am doing more work with the church in an effort to be more useful. At age 72, I don't need any significant challenges. Hopefully you will or have fully recovered from the orthopedic issues and can enjoy the spousal company as well.
Thank you, Victor! Travel. We would like to, but my wife’s mum lives across the road and panics even if we go for part of the day. Oh well, if we never do it, that’s okay.
Its been a fun discussion! I stopped on the scenery until I get to Lowes or Home Depot for some extruded styrofoam. In the meantime, I have built the shell of the Altoona Model Works Branchline Station. I painted all the parts, but forgot to take a photograph. I’ll catch you up on that between trips out with the snowblower. 😉
