Train Show Trip

Stacey, Linda, and I took Missy with us to visit Pauline & Brent (P&B) to see a model train show at the Convention Center in Bowling Green. On the way over the weather was tough, it was snowing hard enough the road was beginning to be covered and the windshield of the truck was freezing over with snow and ice. We passed at least 5 snow plows that were spreading chemicals to keep the roads from icing. We made it to Smith's Grove exit and the country roads were completely snow covered. We noticed places where several cars had slid off the roads. Once at P&B's house we let the dogs play for a while and then headed to the train show. Inside the show were vendors selling lots of different items for the hobby of model railroading. Brent ended up buying a three piece Union Pacific engine and caboose set and several pieces of flex track. After leaving the train show we ate lunch at Mancino's Grinder Shop. They make delicious sandwiches on fresh baked loaves of bread. Then a trip to the BG Mall for Pauline to pick up contact lens she had ordered and a little extra shopping. Leaving there we dropped the girls off at Hobby Lobby and Brent and I headed to Best Buy for a couple of packages of ink and paper for a photo printer. We eventually bought two packs at Wal-Mart and then headed back to get the girls. They had shopped at other stores while they walked around the strip mall and we met them at the Party Barn. I then went to the Harley Davidson Shop and bought a new set of gloves while the others looked at the bikes and clothes. Then we trucked over to the new Sam's Club and Linda and Brent picked up memberships cards. That way P&B can shop there without us and Linda and I will usually be together when we shop there anyway. We walked through each aisle and it brought back the memories of when we lived in IN and would make day trips to Indy to the Wholesale Club on US 40. Later they changed the name to Sam's Club. We ended our shopping with two carts of merchandise, one for P&B and another for us. We loaded the items into the truck hurriedly as it was the coldest it had been this season. I drove back to P&B's house and we unloaded their items and took a break. Later we headed out and made it home around 9 PM.