I've never tried to bring beer thru the gates - that's not a probem?

Well, the North 40 -- where we all live for a week (or more, in some
cases) -- has a slightly different set of rules than the flight line, where
alcohol is verboten.

There are breaks in the perimeter fence leading to the restaurants and
stores. No one monitors these gates, and many partake in a cold one (or
three) at the end of a long, hot day hoofing the line, especially while
critiquing the arrivals. It's never gotten out of hand, no one leaves a
mess, and life is good.

It's sort of like the "no open fires" rule. Technically that rule outlaws
campstoves, yet everyone somehow makes coffee each morning... (Heck,
some people whip out seven course dinners in the North 40!)

By definition, if you're camping in the North 40, you're pretty hard-core.
This seems to weed out the riff raff. (Either that or it *concentrates* us
all in one place -- it's hard to say...
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Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
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