"Bucket List" trip for East Coast NG fan.

I'm planning a "bucket list" trip around the Great Western Steam Up:

6/30: Poke around NCNG, Visit Western Pacific RR Museum in Portola
7/1 & 2: Great Western Steam Up (yes, tickets purchased)
7/3: V&T
7/4 & 5: Nevada Northern
7/6: Laws
7/7: Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine RR
7/8: Jamestown/Railtown 1897
7/9: Niles Canyon Railway
7/10: Western Railway Museum
7/11: California State RR Museum

I'd love to connect with any NGDF folks during my trip. I'll be (at least one) guy wearing a WW&F cap and/or shirt.

I'm also open to suggestions of other lesser-known sites to see along my route. This will be my first visit to this part of the US, and I am looking forward to it!

Ed Lecuyer
Trainmaster, WW&F Railway Museum
Help the WW&F Build Locomotive #11: [build11.wwfry.org]