I forgot the camera, so I have no pictures of the experience, but we survived the trip yesterday to the hobby show in Nashville. It was a definite upgrade from previous hobby shows because it was in the Nashville Convention Center, so they had food and drinks and some lady selling homemade donuts (that you could smell everywhere). The convention center also has better bathrooms than the civic auditorium and more seats.
The show itself was about twice the size of a regular show, so Richard was in total sensory overload. I did what I normally do at Train Shows...I looked around at the models and then found a seat and read a book. There was also an interesting show about Walt Disney and his love of trains narrated by the son of one of his original imagineers. That was actually pretty interesting. It was also where the chairs were, so I was compelled to listen. :-)
The place was mobbed with kids and Thomas booths. It's too bad Matt couldn't have gone...I think he would have loved it. After a couple of hours, we hiked back to the truck and went to Corky's for barbecue. Because you just can't have a train show without barbecue :-)
I had the same trouble I always have at train shows with Richard. I try to find him and everyone there looks like him. They all are wearing jeans, sneakers, a plaid shirt and a cap. Some of them were wearing the same shirt as he and the same cap. I told him next year, I'm making him wear a bright pink shirt.
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