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Old August 11th 06, 03:49 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
john smith
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We gave up "real cooking" a while back.

It's a bit of a thread diversion, but I wanted to comment on the lack
of cooking in the North 40 this year.
We arrived on Sunday, set up camp, and then hiked over to PicNSave
and filled our backpacks with
groceries and ate very well the rest of the week. The surprise was we
hardly saw anyone else cooking in
our area. Did everyone walk across to Hardee's every night? Eat $4
hot dogs in the airshow? We ate
well, and not all that difficult. We used a 2 burner Coleman propane
stove. Did we violate some rule we
were unaware of?


What row were you parked in?


546. Two rows west of the shower building - a great spot!


Well no wonder! You were parked in all those caravaner's.
They were so packed full they didn't have any room for cooking utensils!
:-))

Seriously, it takes a well experienced camper to bring only what is
essential to camp at OSH. Most pilots are fliers, not campers. Most
don't own the requisite camping and cooking gear to make a home away
from home with the plane.

The proof of that is the tents many bring with them; the sleeping bags
and all the extra clothes.
The gear is so heavy and bulky, there isn't room in the airplane for
anything else they need.

Everything I used this year weighted 10-12 pounds and occupied a volume
less than two cubic feet. This reflects 35 years of backpacking
experience and knowledge and $250 worth of equipment and clothing.

As for individual cooking, all one really needs is a one-liter pot, a
single-burner stove, a spork, a cup, a plate and a spatula. Each
additional person requires a cup, plate and spork. Pretty simple, really.
You can do a lot with a single pot and boiled water.
Boil bag rice or instant mashed potatos, frozen vegetables and a meat of
your choice will make a balanced meal in less than 30-minutes.
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Old August 11th 06, 03:55 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Mike Adams[_2_]
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Default Oshkosh camping list? (Planning for next year)

john smith wrote:

Seriously, it takes a well experienced camper to bring only what is
essential to camp at OSH. Most pilots are fliers, not campers. Most
don't own the requisite camping and cooking gear to make a home away
from home with the plane.


I hear you! When we used to go camping with the Boy Scouts, we had two types of outings for the boys:
tail gate campouts and backpacking. I always thought backpacking was easier, because by definition
there's just less stuff to pack. Oshkosh camping on the other hand seems more like tail-gating. With our
C-182, there's just a temptation to throw in more stuff as long as there's room for it. This year, we took
the back seat out to make packing easier, and all it did was let us take more stuff. It's nice to have the
pop-up awning, table and chairs, but I'm sure we could get by on a much smaller scale by reverting to
"backpack mode". Either way, it was a great time!

Mike
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Old August 11th 06, 06:07 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Grumman-581[_1_]
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On Fri, 11 Aug 2006 02:49:59 GMT, john smith wrote:
As for individual cooking, all one really needs is a one-liter pot, a
single-burner stove, a spork, a cup, a plate and a spatula. Each
additional person requires a cup, plate and spork. Pretty simple, really.
You can do a lot with a single pot and boiled water.
Boil bag rice or instant mashed potatos, frozen vegetables and a meat of
your choice will make a balanced meal in less than 30-minutes.


But that would mean that you would have to leave your BBQ pit home...
For us Texans, that's an unforgivable sin...
 




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