Trainfest

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First time I drove to Phoenix- - 112 in the valley- - that night, up "on the Rim" it was below freezing !!!!!
My bones must have still been brittle from the chill, as that was the day I broke my ankle, and spent the rest of the weekend hobbling around with a stick !, before getting an "air cast " at the Hospital in Chandler ( not a plaster cast, as I had to drive back to Illinois - - - that was a "fun" trip )

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Some day they'll do Trainfest in Phoenix...

Trainfest is held annually in Milwaukee and it's been going for more than 40 years.

Yeah, I'm coming to realize that, still it wouldn't be a bad place to come to, it never snows this time of year... or any other time. I remember the show in Scottsdale was held at Westworld and was The Worlds Greatest Hobby. I went to that one with Woodone and it was a real disappointment only having less than half the tables that they advertised and no big name manufacturers or dealer. The other one was held in the Phoenix Convention Center in downtown Phoenix. Not a handy place to go unless you're from out of town and staying in a downtown hotel. I can't remember which show it was but it was one of the older ones that traveled around. Anyway, as Pete says, summers here can be brutal and it's not smart to hold any convention or show here until at least October. That's usually when the snowbirds flock here from the mid-west and Canada.