Out here in beautiful Deer Park, WA, we have finally arrived in summer. Mostly mid 80’s F, with an occasional spike to low 90’s. It cools off to low 40’s at night. 2600 ft of altitude (and attitude) helps.
tac, ig & The Malfunction Junction Boys
MY ‘Malfunction Junction’ is our tongue-in-cheek nickname for the NDHQ [National Defence HQ] on the Rideau in Ottawa.
The most useful thing that I ever got out of the place was a great haircut, back in the days when it was actually worth spending $10 on such a thing. Now it would be nothing more than a statement of truth, a HAIR-cut.
Skating to work along the canal, with the streetlights throwing their glare/shadows over the ice, was one of life’s little high-points…
tac, ig & The Bytown Market Boys
Hi guys, I’m sorry but I will miss most of the Invasion. Next week we are having our 40st wedding anniversary. We are taking the kids and grand kids to White Mountains. We will be riding Thomas and the Conway Scenic Railroad. Any railfan tips or such for this area?
I will leave some Dutch cookies behind.
See you at Saturday’s dinner.
Henk van Zijl
Take the cog railroad up Mt Washington.
It’s on the west side.
http://www.thecog.com/
from https://www.google.com/search?q=mt+washington+cog+railroad&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&channel=fflb
Have fun!
Don Howard said:
Take the cog railroad up Mt Washington. It's on the west side. http://www.thecog.com/ from https://www.google.com/search?q=mt+washington+cog+railroad&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a&channel=fflbHave fun!
We plan to go to NH to visit my youngest this summer. Trying to swing a trip to Conway and the Cog. Are both doable in 1 day? We will be staying about 2 hours away.
Thatd be a very long day. Probably doable if you took the first train up the mountain, then rush to conway for a ride. But itd be lots of driving
Thanks Bob. I figured as much. And I’d really like to do the Notch Train at Conway which is an all day deal. So will try and plan two days.
John,
If you like the steamer on Mount Washington you have to take the first train up at 8.30 AM. I will do that next week. Takes around 3 hours.
Henk
Henk and Jon and your fellow travelers: Take a jacket and a warm layer underneath!
The weather on the top of Mt Washington can be very different than the bottom.
Check out the warning to hikers in the July 12, 2012 Comments page: http://www.mountwashington.org/weather/comments/
The weather observatory pages are always fun to look at: http://www.mountwashington.org/weather/conditions.php
I often look(spending WAY too much time) at the various webcams.
Looking forward to your pics of the trip.
The Invasion schedule for Sunday, July 22nd has been updated. As some guests will head home, those that remain are welcome to visit Barry Birkett’s Orleans Division of the Orleans and Cumberland Garden Railways at 346 River Ridge Cresent, Orleans, Ontario K1E 3N1, Canada. Telephone 613-830-7476. The layout is a dog bone design with ten switching locations and one major yard. It can accommodate 5 trains operating. On this particular day there were only three trains running: one was operated by Bob Clarke on the left and another by Barry on the right.
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-CWX7t0HtvHg/T-DBhnmrCRI/AAAAAAAAF1o/eFsWhE4Wbs4/s320/IMG_1464.jpg)
If you have not had the pleasure of operating on this railway, you must see it this summer, as Barry and Bonnie are moving to Belleville, Ontario at the end of September. For more pictures of the layout, please click on the link. http://lyonvalleynorthern.blogspot.ca/2012/06/lela-and-i-had-visit-to-barrys-garden.html
Well, we pack up this evening and hit the road in the morning… Hope to be in Ottawa sometime Wednesday evening… Looking forward to a great invasion…
To all my friends going to the Invasion, and also to those, who, for some reason, cannot make it [like us] -
Have a great time, eat, drink and play trains!
Next year, alevai, in Nepean.
tac, mrs tac and the family ig
Were getting things ready to head out tomorrow evening. End up un upstate NY Wed evening, then up to Doug’s to startthings off on Thursday. Looking forward to it.
Have a great time guys & gals. I’ll be thinking about y’all this weekend 
We arrived in Quebec a few hours ago. We’ll see you guys at Doug’s on Thursday!
Got my train stuff ready. Bringing the K, the 45 tonner, and one of my 7/8 critters to chase Ric’s railtruck around.
Bob McCown said:Should be plenty of K's to go around, I'll have mine, Doug has his all ready to go, plus yours. I'll be buggin out tomorrow morning bright and early. Got a bunch of food supplies to pick up today and I'll load up the car tonight.
Got my train stuff ready. Bringing the K, the 45 tonner, and one of my 7/8 critters to chase Ric's railtruck around.
Don Howard and I are packing today and leaving first thing Thursday morning to join in the Invasion!
Looking forward to meeting up with you at Doug’s and making some new RR friends. Did I say I was bringing my K27?
Bob DeForge
That’ll be 4…Meet ya there…