$5.64 for a gallon of "Chateau de AvGas"

Gatt wrote:

The golden age of transporation will return when we figure out cheaper
source of powerplant energy.


No, the golden age will return when we can get rid of the incompetence
in Washington DC.

"kontiki" wrote:

No, the golden age will return when we can get rid of the incompetence
in Washington DC.

Which one of the Republican/Democratic candidates makes you think things will
improve any time soon?


--
Dan

"Don't make me nervous when I'm carryin' a baseball bat."
- Big Joe Turner

Dan Luke wrote:
"kontiki" wrote:


No, the golden age will return when we can get rid of the incompetence
in Washington DC.


Which one of the Republican/Democratic candidates makes you think things will
improve any time soon?



I don't recall saying anything that in any way insinuated that I think
any of the potential candidates would improve anything.

"kontiki" wrote:


No, the golden age will return when we can get rid of the incompetence
in Washington DC.


Which one of the Republican/Democratic candidates makes you think things
will improve any time soon?



I don't recall saying anything that in any way insinuated that I think
any of the potential candidates would improve anything.

Take it easy, dude!

Just askin'.

--
Dan
T-182T at BFM

off politics for a minute, back to Washington Island...

Jay, did you happen to catch a glimpse of the wreck of the steamer
"Lousiana" in the bay just to the NW of the airport at Washington
Island? If you take off on 32 and make a right crosswind (or a left
base for 14), there is a bay on the north side of the island. In the
south east corner of that bay is the clear outline of the wooden
steamer "Lousiana" that sank during the famous storm of November 1913
(for reference there are two books, an older one called "Freshwater
Fury" and one a few years old called "White Hurricane").

It is clearly visible up on the shoreline, almost under someone's
dock! (I can send you a picture if you like!)

Washington Island is a special place. They grow wheat there that the
Capitol Brewery here in Madison, WI is making into a fine wheat beer
called "Island Wheat". They are also making a gin and a vodka with
crops grow only on the island. The vodka is called "Death's
Door" (after the passage between Gills Rock on the mainland and
Washington Island, but I think it is pure genius for a name for a
vodka!)

On the weekend before OSH starts, there is a fly-in fish-boil
sponsored by the EAA chapter up there on July 21st (I think).

My folks have a place down by Sturgeon Bay and I took my dad for a
spin around the peninsula last Saturday taking photos of all the
lighthouses from Sherwood Point down by Sturgeon Bay, to St. Martin's
light across from Rock Island, down to Cana Island and the abondoned
Pilot Island and Plum Island lights. In the middle of it we dropped in
on the airfield at 2P2 for a stop.

Lots of great maritime history around there! I love it!

-Ryan in Madison

Jay, did you happen to catch a glimpse of the wreck of the steamer
"Lousiana" in the bay just to the NW of the airport at Washington
Island?

Yep, that's called Schoolhouse Beach. Joe and I rode our bikes there,
and you can see that bow section incongruously up on the beach.

There is another wreck visible on the South end of the island, near
the lighthouse. Joe spotted that one on the way in. Heck, in one
MONTH in the 1890s, over 200 ships were lost in that area, so there
are LOTS of wrecks!

Washington Island is a special place. They grow wheat there that the
Capitol Brewery here in Madison, WI is making into a fine wheat beer
called "Island Wheat".

Yep, I partook in some of that fine beer (although I lean more towards
their Amber beer, quite frankly) while we were there. We even took a
picture in one of the wheat fields that is labeled "For Capitol
Brewery Island Wheat Beer"!

They are also making a gin and a vodka with
crops grow only on the island. The vodka is called "Death's
Door" (after the passage between Gills Rock on the mainland and
Washington Island, but I think it is pure genius for a name for a
vodka!)

I didn't see the gin, but the vodka was everywhere on the island and
peninsula. I didn't try 'em...

On the weekend before OSH starts, there is a fly-in fish-boil
sponsored by the EAA chapter up there on July 21st (I think).

Yep, Walt says they usually get around 200 planes, although that
dropped sharply last year to around 180.

180 planes on that bucolic little strip has to be just WILD!

My folks have a place down by Sturgeon Bay and I took my dad for a
spin around the peninsula last Saturday taking photos of all the
lighthouses from Sherwood Point down by Sturgeon Bay, to St. Martin's
light across from Rock Island, down to Cana Island and the abondoned
Pilot Island and Plum Island lights. In the middle of it we dropped in
on the airfield at 2P2 for a stop.

Lots of great maritime history around there! I love it!

Yeah, I miss that about Wisconsin. Growing up on Lake Michigan, we
always felt that maritime history, even if we didn't fully appreciate
it all the time.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

off politics for a minute, back to Washington Island...

Also apolitically, I discovered that it IS possible to put a mountain
bike in a Cherokee WITHOUT removing the front wheel.

The mountain bike I was riding was a terrible POS (hey -- it was
free!), without quick-release wheels. No problem -- a wrench works --
but you have to deflate the front tire in order to get it past the
brake. (No quick-release on the caliper, either.) Because of this,
we threw our battery-powered air pump in the plane...

....which died a slow death after filling the tire(s) upon arrival on
the island.

At this point it was either (a) don't ride bikes on the peninsula, or
(b) figure out how to load the bike without removing the front wheel.

With the back seats out, and the plywood sheets (that a previous owner
cut to fit) installed, Atlas is positively cavernous inside -- but I
didn't think it would work. Nonetheless, after removing the hinge
stay from the front door (so it would open wider), we gave it a shot.

And, after some zizzling, it fit! It was tight, and I was a bit
worried about the handlebars hitting the side window(s), but it worked
out just fine. We used the back seat seatbelts to secure the bikes,
and got lots of comments from the "Guys Flying the Bench" when we
unloaded in Ephraim...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
oups.com...
No problem -- a wrench works --
but you have to deflate the front tire in order to get it past the
brake. (No quick-release on the caliper, either.) Because of this,
we threw our battery-powered air pump in the plane...

Can't you just remove the brake pads? (I ride a cheap bike, so maybe better
brake pads don't just come off with a 3/8" wrench)