Oshkosh Camping Suggestions

Jay Honeck wrote:
There is nothing -- NOTHING -- in this world like waking up under the wing
of your plane at Oshkosh.
Stand up, stretch the kinks out, step up on the wing, and gaze in wonder at
10,000 airplanes, parked wing-tip-to-wing-tip, as far as the eye can see.

Let me see if I recall this correctly...
Jay, you have posted that you are about six-feet tall.
You have also posted that you fly a low-wing Piper Pathfinder.
Explain to me how you sleep under the wing of your airplane, stand up
and stretch out the kinks under the wing, then step up on the wing?

Two years ago, the first weekend was upper 30's at night.
Target sold out of down comforters.

I thought I remembered something like that! I'll keep bringing sleeping
bag *and* sheets, thank you!
--
Jim in NC

Not a problem in the dorms...

Wake up, knock the ice off the windows, say something like "Hey, honey, it
must have been cold last night" and shuffle down the hall to a warm shower.

Jim




"john smith" wrote in message
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Jay Honeck wrote:
For many years we have packed the sheets AND the sleeping bags. Usually
we just sleep with the sheets, but very occasionally -- like four (?)
years ago -- the temperatures dip into the low 50s at night in OSH during
the convention.

Two years ago, the first weekend was upper 30's at night.
Target sold out of down comforters.

Let me see if I recall this correctly...
Jay, you have posted that you are about six-feet tall.
You have also posted that you fly a low-wing Piper Pathfinder.
Explain to me how you sleep under the wing of your airplane, stand up and
stretch out the kinks under the wing, then step up on the wing?

Well, as you know, my hair is pretty thin...

;-)

Okay, so we sleep NEXT TO the wing of our plane...

:-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jay Honeck" wrote

Okay, so we sleep NEXT TO the wing of our plane...

Yes, sleeping *under* the wing, is for after the Wednesday get-together, and
he has envied too heavily to find the tent. g
--
Jim in NC

Yes, sleeping *under* the wing, is for after the Wednesday get-together,
and
he has envied too heavily to find the tent. g

I've always been able to find the tent.

It's the porta-potty that I occasionally, er, misplace...

;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay, you have posted that you are about six-feet tall.
You have also posted that you fly a low-wing Piper Pathfinder.
Explain to me how you sleep under the wing of your airplane, stand up and stretch out the kinks under the wing, then step up on the wing?

I think I've figured it out. Jay and Dudley are the same! g

Jose
--
Nothing takes longer than a shortcut.
for Email, make the obvious change in the address.

Blanche wrote:
Jay Honeck wrote:

There is nothing -- NOTHING -- in this world like waking up under the wing
of your plane at Oshkosh.

Stand up, stretch the kinks out, step up on the wing, and gaze in wonder at
10,000 airplanes, parked wing-tip-to-wing-tip, as far as the eye can see.

Stand up under the wing of Atlas? This I want to see!

His A&P installed the knobby tire gear from that turbined Helio...

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I'm getting a little off-topic here, but:
What model of Treo did you buy? I was looking at one recently and they
looked pretty neat...
Interested in a PIREP!

Ryan Wubben
Madison, WI

Well, I was an early adopter, I have a Treo 300. So you'd probably be
better of hearing from a Treo 650 user since that's what you'd be buying
now. The trick is to find sites that are optimized for the small
screen. They are out there if you look hard enough.

But some examples that I use when out of town in the plane:

AccuWeather Wireless Radar (decent image on the small screen)
Metars & TAFs
Raw images from weather.com and others (only works when the URL of the
image doesn't change)
Mobile Yahoo (maybe find a movie in a strange town)
Mobile Google
Mobile Mapquest
Mobile Phone Directories

The e-mail & PDA functions are also handy when your home is a tent in
the north 40 (shudders, preferring the Hilton any time.....)

Tom