Not that anyone's noticed, but I've been silent on the forum for about the last month. In August, the wife and I decided to do a little sprucing up on the house and put it on the market. I thought we had missed the prime selling time but in September we received an offer and after two weeks of negotiations we accepted their bid. The following six weeks have been a blur. Thanks to my decision to use Mianne benchwork and foam for the mountains, I was able to disassemble the layout and pack everything away in boxes. After jettisoning all of our old furniture and only keeping the handful of pieces that were new, everything was packed into a 16' shipping container. I took the almost 20-year-old van to the dealer for a thorough checkup and had them do all the necessary maintenance. We headed East and after 9 days and 2500 miles ended up in central Florida where my wife has some relatives. We're settled into a rental through the end of the year. We're now house hunting and seeing a lot of new units for half the price of the house we sold in California. I'm looking for something where I can have a dedicated train room and not the guest room/office/train room that I used to have in the old house. If everything works out, I'll be checking the archives for ideas on a new larger layout. The old layout was 3' X 9' so it won't take much to give me room to expand. Hopefully, I'll be more engaged now.
John
I'll planning to keep the CA John screen name. Phone number and e-mail are the same. I'll update the address once I have something permanent.
