EAA AirVenture Oshkosh is supplying one of most-requested items for
campers at its event with an expansion of free wireless Internet
access this summer. Wi-Fi access will be available in many areas of
the North 40 aircraft camping area, the drive-in Camp Scholler
campground, and in the vintage aircraft and ultralight camping areas.

I remember last year, as we all sat in the North 40 enjoying the afterglow
of a warm summer evening, at the end of a glorious day, supping a cold
one -- and watching a group of guys huddled furtively around a single laptop
with web access. Like early humans crouched around a campfire, their faces
were illuminated by the eerie glow of the LCD screen, and they spoke in
hushed tones while impatiently waiting their turn to surf. It was...weird.

I knew it was the beginning of the end. And now, alas, our last
computer-free zone is gone.

I've got nothing against computers -- hell, I own seven of them, plus a
web-enabled smart phone, and my life literally revolves around the
internet -- but I'll be damned if I'm going to take time away from the OSH
experience so I can check email. Call me a Luddite, but for one week out
of the year, I will continue to go "computer-free"...
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"