Next!

Sometimes, the nice weather, chance to go camping and kids activities conspire to suck the motivation right out of me. I've visited the train room a few times but have not been motivated to do much other than run a couple of trains around the track. I have several activities planned but they generally fall in one of two categories.

Intimidating

These are the plans that either stretch my skills or represent a "no turning back" situation.

• Hills between tunnel and East McKeesport
• Creek and pond
• Mounting the Uniontown backdrop

Backdrop looks good in Uniontown but scared to mount it

Lazy

These are the tasks that are not particularly hard, I am just too lazy to work on them.

• Clearing the RIP track which includes the 4 or 5 cars that didn't fit
• Cleaning up the ballast around the layout
• A new base for LAS Fabrics so cars fit on the siding
• Ground cover in East McKeesport
• Brick roads in Uniontown
• Finish the Irwin tower including interior lighting
• Wire the programming track switch
• Better storage for cars and locos not on the layout