Rainbows in the Lehigh Valley Gorge

[TMo]

It's raining today.  Didn't stop me from getting the pressure washer out to clean the patio, the patio furniture and the back of the house.  We're hosting my granddaughter's first birthday at the end of the month and another list has appeared.  After getting soaked doing that I figured washing the truck was also doable.  After delivering the 25th load of mulch this year, I thought she deserved a bath.  But after all that, I'm back in the house warm and dry with no aspirations for going outside again.  

Started working on a little extension to the Hazleton portion of my layout in front of the Hazleton backdrop.  It's about 31 inches wide and between 15 and 25 inches deep - it'll give me a chance to add some more buildings and interest to the south of the breaker.  

A couple of cleats on the wall have been added and I'm working on the plywood/foam board open-faced sandwich to fill the gap.  1/4" plywood supports a 1" styrofoam board with a 1-by strip on the front to protect the foam and give a little structural integrity (the 1-by strip is shown in the photo bridging the gap between wall and the previous boundary of the layout).  

   

Dug in my pile of leftovers and found just about everything I need - might be a little short on styrofoam.  

   

I also need to permanently affix the backdrop (after some touchups), and I think I'll to that by taking the painted backdrop down and contact gluing the cardstock directly to it while it can all be place on my workbench.