Pix of Oshkosh this week

Here are a few pix I snapped as we flew over OSH at 8500 feet, on our way
back from Mackinac Island.

Looks like their already bustling, although no one was in the North 40 yet.

http://alexisparkinn.com/photogaller...-In%207-05.jpg

http://alexisparkinn.com/photogaller...In2%207-05.jpg

http://alexisparkinn.com/photogaller...In3%207-05.jpg

And here's one of storied Lambeau Field, in Green Bay, as we passed over,
just for the heckuva it:

http://alexisparkinn.com/photogaller...ld2%207-05.jpg
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

("Jim Burns" wrote)(
They just got done with a big country music festival at OSH, so all the
porta potties are in place, fences are up, and the grass is already beat
to
a pulp. It's definately summer in Wisconsin!


Twin Cities = 10 straight days in the mid 90's (first time since the BIG
drought year of 1988).

We had a small sprinkle of rain today, maybe more tonight. Slightly cooler
weather coming behind this front will last a day or two - we'll send it on
over. Then it's back up to the 90's later in the week.


Montblack

They just got done with a big country music festival at OSH, so all the
porta potties are in place, fences are up, and the grass is already beat to
a pulp. It's definately summer in Wisconsin!

Jim

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:gFFCe.183852$xm3.75852@attbi_s21...
Here are a few pix I snapped as we flew over OSH at 8500 feet, on our way
back from Mackinac Island.

Looks like their already bustling, although no one was in the North 40
yet.


http://alexisparkinn.com/photogaller...-In%207-05.jpg


http://alexisparkinn.com/photogaller...In2%207-05.jpg


http://alexisparkinn.com/photogaller...In3%207-05.jpg

And here's one of storied Lambeau Field, in Green Bay, as we passed over,
just for the heckuva it:


http://alexisparkinn.com/photogaller...ld2%207-05.jpg
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Twin Cities = 10 straight days in the mid 90's (first time since the BIG
drought year of 1988).

Yeah, that was an amazing year, 1988. We had just bought our first house,
the summer before, and knew that we'd have to paint it the following year.

To our astonishment, it didn't rain at all, all summer. We were able to
paint outside every day after work, and -- since we were entirely shaded by
21 full-grown oak trees, and were less than a mile from Lake Michigan -- the
heat wasn't bad at all.

Farmers will hate me for saying it, but that year -- and this year -- are as
close to "perfect" summers as I've seen. VFR every day, sunny and warm.
THAT is summer, gentlemen!

:-)

Now if only it cools down a tad before OSH, it really WILL have been a
perfect summer!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Ah, I don't hate you for saying it.... we irrigate everything and have a
saying that we'd rather have a drought than a flood because we haven't
figure out a way to stop a flood, but we sure know how to irrigate.... we
just wish somebody would pay the electric bills!

So far, here at least, 1988 was worse, but we won't know until it's over.

Jim

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:nhNCe.184377$xm3.94572@attbi_s21...
Twin Cities = 10 straight days in the mid 90's (first time since the BIG
drought year of 1988).

Yeah, that was an amazing year, 1988. We had just bought our first house,
the summer before, and knew that we'd have to paint it the following year.

To our astonishment, it didn't rain at all, all summer. We were able to
paint outside every day after work, and -- since we were entirely shaded
by
21 full-grown oak trees, and were less than a mile from Lake Michigan --
the
heat wasn't bad at all.

Farmers will hate me for saying it, but that year -- and this year -- are
as
close to "perfect" summers as I've seen. VFR every day, sunny and warm.
THAT is summer, gentlemen!

:-)

Now if only it cools down a tad before OSH, it really WILL have been a
perfect summer!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

OK, good...looks like nobody's in MY spot in camp scholler yet!

John

Most of us in the hills on the Left Coast don't air condition. For the
three or four days of 90 degrees we get a summer, it just isn't worth it.
For those few days, we just have a nonstop pool party and be done with it.

It was 98d in the bedroom last night when I went to bed at 10 and it dropped
all the way to 87 this morning at 6. It has just been flat MISERABLE out
here for almost two weeks now. The forecast is that it will drop back into
the low 80s during the day this Friday ... just in time for us to leave for
Oshkosh.

Somebody said that the grass at OSH was burned brown. From Jay's pictures,
it looks like a mix of green and light brown. And, the progs show one hell
of a storm system moving across the area today and tonight. Can anybody
update the group with current sky/grass conditions at Oshkosh?

Jim



"Jim Burns" wrote in message
...
Ah, I don't hate you for saying it.... we irrigate everything and have a
saying that we'd rather have a drought than a flood

I'm 60 miles straight west of OSH, no real difference in the weather from
here to there. I'm looking at partly cloudy skies, winds from the south,
south-west at around 15mph, 80 degrees (10:45am local). The area around OSH
does have more clay in it's soil than we do, so the grass is a little
greener, but we nor they have had any rain since July 4th. Any greenness
around here is either irrigated or weeds. My lawn is absolutely dried and
fried, totally brown.

I noticed that they've combined a lot of wheat, rye, and oats around OSH,
nothing ready yet here, so that means they've been dryer and hoter than us.
It's about 2 weeks earlier for them than last year.

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/mos/getmex.pl?sta=KOSH
is the long range model for this week, you'll have to de-code it, but that
storm that's headed this way is primarily wind, no moisture, best chance is
61% for Thursday at OSH, and that's a 50% chance of a thunderstorm, so it
could be spotty, sky cover either clear or partly cloudy, lows in the 60's,
highs in the mid to high 80s.

Jim

WOW!,
Only 80 degrees and your grass is brown? What kind of grass do ya'll have
up there? I do remember working at Midwest Airlines in Milwaukee and they'd
turn the AC on in the hangars when it was 70 degrees in June! Bout froze
this Georgia boy to death! They were all sweating and complaining about the
massive heat wave and I had a sweatshirt on !
You guys going to OSH be sure and check out the sport plane section for
me!

Patrick
student SPL
aircraft structural mech

"Jim Burns" wrote in message
...
I'm 60 miles straight west of OSH, no real difference in the weather from
here to there. I'm looking at partly cloudy skies, winds from the south,
south-west at around 15mph, 80 degrees (10:45am local). The area around
OSH
does have more clay in it's soil than we do, so the grass is a little
greener, but we nor they have had any rain since July 4th. Any greenness
around here is either irrigated or weeds. My lawn is absolutely dried and
fried, totally brown.

I noticed that they've combined a lot of wheat, rye, and oats around OSH,
nothing ready yet here, so that means they've been dryer and hoter than
us.
It's about 2 weeks earlier for them than last year.

http://www.nws.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/mos/getmex.pl?sta=KOSH
is the long range model for this week, you'll have to de-code it, but
that
storm that's headed this way is primarily wind, no moisture, best chance
is
61% for Thursday at OSH, and that's a 50% chance of a thunderstorm, so it
could be spotty, sky cover either clear or partly cloudy, lows in the
60's,
highs in the mid to high 80s.

Jim

("Jim Burns" wrote)
[snip]
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/mos/getmex.pl?sta=KOSH
is the long range model for this week, you'll have to de-code it, but
that
storm that's headed this way is primarily wind, no moisture, best chance
is
61% for Thursday at OSH, and that's a 50% chance of a thunderstorm, so it
could be spotty, sky cover either clear or partly cloudy, lows in the
60's,
highs in the mid to high 80s.


Windy now (25mph) in the Twin Cities at 11:00 am, temps have dropped (20F)
to the mid 70's. No rain.


We're flying (It's a Frontier jet *called* Casino Express) to Elko, NV
tomorrow. $88 per person - RT flight, 3 nights hotel ...includes EVERYTHING,
except food. Visa was charged $176 for two of us - that's it. Price even
covers the ride to and from the airport :-)

I know, I know - they would like us to gamble. But how do I wager on
Football mini-camps??? g

We'll rent a car once out there and maybe head into Utah or Idaho for a
look-see. Margene's mom just got back from her $75 per person 3 night stay
vacation package - from Minot, ND. She said it was a little toasty out by
the pool.

This will be fun, I haven't been west of Denver since 1988.


Montblack - chasing the heat.