Made it through the National Model Railroad Association (NMRA) 2013 National convention. Every one was very pleasant. and seemed to enjoy themselves as much as I did, and went much better than I anticipated. Not sure I would do it again. Was a lot of work for the small turnout on Sunday, and the short tour on Monday.
Sunday was a walk-in open house. Only had 19 people, which included Kathy & Me, 5 workers, 2 club members, and 10 additional visitors (which was about what I expected). Furthest traveled was a couple from Geneva, Switzerland. Mostly we had a good play session. As usual, whenever we messed up, the visitors would show up. After the tour, John L added some excitement with his (almost) high flying Rocket GG1.
Monday was an organized bus tour. It arrived about 15 minutes early, which was even before the trains were running. We had 32 people total, which included Kathy & me, 5 workers, and 25 visitors (the complete bus load). Needless to say, it was 'slightly' crowded. The tour stayed about an hours, which was 10 minutes longer than scheduled, but still left ahead of schedule. Furthest traveled was from Australia, although I didn't get a chance to talk to them. Here is a picture of the bus that pulled up outside the house on Monday.
