Tedstriker wrote:
For anyone that has actually slept in a tent at OSH, does it cool off
enough at night to sleep comfortably? If it's muggy all night, I might
just blast off and fly my homebuilt somewhere and get an air
conditioned hotel room. My plane is fast, so even if I have to go as
far as Milwalkee, it's no big deal. I just don't want to make
reservations, then have to deal with not being able to make it due to
weather enroute from SC. If I wait around until it's dark, and late,
then find out it's too hot to sleep well, im stuck in misery, misery
misery. Sweating all night.
The two nights I camped there the evening temps were in the upper 60s
and very comfortable. The third night, it thunderstormed and blew down
many tents. Fortunately, I was in the dorms that night! :-)
Also, I was lucky in that my tent didn't get blown down, but it was one
of few that survived. I think it was the rail road spikes that I use
for tent pegs that helped. My friend was kidding me about the weight
when we loaded the Skylane as I carry them in an ammo box and the box
weighs probably 25 lbs. However, when we got to the grounds that
morning and saw my tent stil standing strong and saw the other people
setting up their tents, drying out their sleeping bags, etc., he stopped
kidding me about my tent pegs.
Flying in and out each day probably isn't a bad option, but when the
traffic is heavy, you may spend a while getting in and out each time.
Hard to be an air conditioned hotel room though in the summer in OSH.
Matt
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