SATURDAY JUNE 7, 2008
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OPEN HOUSE SATURDAY JUNE 7, 2008 |
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| DRINKS AND SNACKS - Charlotte set up coolers of lemonade and iced tea, plus a cooler filled with water bottles and drink boxes, plus a basket of chips and pretzels. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| LAST MINUTE CONSTRUCTION - Friday night I cleared tools off the tabletop and installed 4 turnouts and tracks for locomotives and cabooses. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Steve greeted Honey as soon as he arrived. She's too old to get up but she loves a pat on the head! Steve's a G scaler who will have an open house later this month. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mike gives Honey a scratch on the chin while his Dad and Charlotte watch. Mike and Dan have been to many of our open houses over the years. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Honey gets a scratch from a new friend, Ken. A few minutes later, I see a bug on my arm that looks something like a lightning bug but more of a red color. Ken says "Oh, that's a Cecil County lightning bug...notice it's got a red neck!" | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tomecca wanted to see everybody, so Charlotte brought him over. That's Paul, Ken, John, and Suzanne. Paul's wife Georgia is off camera to the left. A few minutes later she helped Charlotte with the horse. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| A wonderful group of guests stopped by later in the day, members of the Garden State Railroad Club. And Honey gets another pat on the head! | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tomecca gave horseback rides to some of the kids. But we had to stop the trains first because they made him very nervous. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| It was very hot outside today, about 96 degrees, so I was happy to show our guests the basement railroad. It was nice and cool down there. | Here the folks from Jersey are getting back in their cars, which filled up most of our little front-yard parking lot. Next they will visit Karl's open house. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| As the coal train sped around the curve - WHAM! - it hit something - the trans-mitter I left on the track! Fortunately the guard rail kept everything from falling on the concrete floor. Thank you, Charlotte, for insisting I build that guard rail! | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Later Dick and Judy stopped by - actually I had to drag them away from Karl's open house a couple miles away - and here they're enjoying the cool basement. They had visited 12 garden railroads today! | |||||||||||||||||||||||