Oshkosh camping

There was an OSH a few years ago that generated some I Survived Oshkosh _ _
_ _ t-shirts. Don't recall the year?

There have been several of those, but back in about 98 or 99 they had
a heat index of over 111 degrees and no wind. Miserable is an
understatement. At least I was working in the Homebuilders
Headquarters which had air conditioning in the break room. I spent
about half the afternoon sitting on the floor in there.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com



Montblack

Oops, I meant 2000 too, not 1900.
(I didn't look it up either...)
DOH!

Ryan

"Roger" wrote in message
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There have been several of those, but back in about 98 or 99 they had
a heat index of over 111 degrees and no wind.

Remember that one well, do I. It was 1999. During the airshow in the
afternoon, folks were dropping like flies. The aid wagons were on the go
constantly.

Rich S.

On Fri, 10 Jun 2005 22:24:42 -0400, 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.

I was there in '95 and it was smoking hot all day every day, and
extremely uncomfortable in the tent at night. Not sure I slept much
while I was there.

The night before we left, a front and storms passed through and the
temperature moderated considerably. We chased the front to the east
the next day through ever clearing weather and managed to get home by
evening.

It was so hot the several days I was there, you worried about leaving
any skin exposed. People would walk by looking like they were about
to drop.

Not much you can do about it but stay out of the sun. Sleeping at
night in the tent was difficult. That's the way the weather goes, it
could be very nice, very rainy or very hot. Or it could be all three
during the time you're there.

Corky Scott

On Mon, 13 Jun 2005 07:54:11 -0400, Corky Scott
wrote:



I was there in '95 and it was smoking hot all day every day, and
extremely uncomfortable in the tent at night. Not sure I slept much
while I was there.

The night before we left, a front and storms passed through and the
temperature moderated considerably. We chased the front to the east
the next day through ever clearing weather and managed to get home by
evening.

It was so hot the several days I was there, you worried about leaving
any skin exposed. People would walk by looking like they were about
to drop.

Not much you can do about it but stay out of the sun. Sleeping at
night in the tent was difficult. That's the way the weather goes, it
could be very nice, very rainy or very hot. Or it could be all three
during the time you're there.

Corky Scott


I remember that year, and how hot is was. I remember sweat pouring
down from my head and into my eyes and burning. But I had driven from
Milwaulkee, and had a car to go to a hotel in Appleton, so that was
nice to have. Paper Valley Inn. But I checked, and they have just
about doubled their rates from what I paid back then. One year, not
too long ago, I stayed in Omro, and it was okay. At least the A/C
worked. But when you checked in, they ask you if you have a gun, if
you say no, they give you one. Camping is starting to look like a last
resort option only.

On Mon, 13 Jun 2005 10:52:53 -0400, Tedstriker
wrote:

One year, not
too long ago, I stayed in Omro, and it was okay. At least the A/C
worked. But when you checked in, they ask you if you have a gun, if
you say no, they give you one. Camping is starting to look like a last
resort option only.

Lordy, what was the gun supposed to be used for?

Here's another option, rent an RV that has air and drive it to
Oshkosh. Many's the RV I walked past at night that year listening to
the drone of their APU's running the AC.

Corky Scott

I'm trying the dorms at Lawrence University in Appleton this year. $65
for a double room. Share bathroom with only 1 other room. And air
conditioned. The place is only about 3 years old. Singles are sold
out, but it looks like they still have double rooms. I haven't stayed
there before, so I'm only going by what's on their web site, but it
looks like a good value.

http://www.lawrence.edu/community/eaa.Shtml

Tedstriker wrote:



I remember that year, and how hot is was. I remember sweat pouring
down from my head and into my eyes and burning. But I had driven from
Milwaulkee, and had a car to go to a hotel in Appleton, so that was
nice to have. Paper Valley Inn. But I checked, and they have just
about doubled their rates from what I paid back then. One year, not
too long ago, I stayed in Omro, and it was okay. At least the A/C
worked. But when you checked in, they ask you if you have a gun, if
you say no, they give you one. Camping is starting to look like a last
resort option only.

("Paul Dow (Remove Caps in mail address)" wrote)
[snip]
I'm trying the dorms at Lawrence University in Appleton this year. $65
for a double room. Share bathroom with only 1 other room. And air
conditioned.

http://www.lawrence.edu/community/eaa.Shtml


IIRC Jack, Steve and Pops stayed there last year. They got eaten alive by
the bus fees - each way. He did not like that part of it. Otherwise he was
ok with Appleton.


Montblack

Thanks for the warning, but we got a rental car. Fortunatly the friend
that's coming along found cheap airfares to Chicago $178, vs $320 from
Bradley to Appleton. We got these back in Feb. I thought there would be
summer sales, but the price just kept going up. We figure with the
change plane time and the short flight, it's only about 1 hour extra to
drive.

I know the experience of taking the LST isn't the same as flying
ourselves in, but at least it will save some $.

Montblack wrote:
("Paul Dow (Remove Caps in mail address)" wrote)
[snip]

I'm trying the dorms at Lawrence University in Appleton this year.
$65 for a double room. Share bathroom with only 1 other room. And air
conditioned.


http://www.lawrence.edu/community/eaa.Shtml



IIRC Jack, Steve and Pops stayed there last year. They got eaten alive
by the bus fees - each way. He did not like that part of it. Otherwise
he was ok with Appleton.


Montblack

"Paul Dow (Remove Caps in mail address)"
wrote:

I'm trying the dorms at Lawrence University in Appleton this year. $65
for a double room. Share bathroom with only 1 other room. And air
conditioned. The place is only about 3 years old. Singles are sold
out, but it looks like they still have double rooms. I haven't stayed
there before, so I'm only going by what's on their web site, but it
looks like a good value.

http://www.lawrence.edu/community/eaa.Shtml


Please clarify for me. The $65 for a double room is a "double
occupancy" rate (i.e. $130 for a room with two beds)? Yes?

Thanks