OSH Sleeping

OSH First-Timer (hopefully!) here. Assuming I can get the plane out of
annual in time, I plan to make the trip!

I'm curious about lodging. I snagged a room at the Super 8 on the field.
Outrageous prices, of course, and I also wonder if I'm missing an essential
part of the experience by not camping. A couple of years ago at Sturgis, I
decided I was done with camping--but that was for reasons of my back &
sleeping on the ground. Aside from my back not being what it was 20 years
ago, I enjoy camping, so perhaps a good air mattress would solve my problem,
and that will be easier to pack in a plane than a motorcycle. Any thoughts
here?

--
Doug
"Where am I to go/Now that I've gone too far?" -- Golden Earring, "Twilight
Zone"
(my email is spam-proofed; read the address and make the appropriate change
to contact me)

On Jul 12, 12:59*pm, "Douglas Paterson"
wrote:
OSH First-Timer (hopefully!) here. *Assuming I can get the plane out of
annual in time, I plan to make the trip!

I'm curious about lodging. *I snagged a room at the Super 8 on the field.
Outrageous prices, of course, and I also wonder if I'm missing an essential
part of the experience by not camping. *A couple of years ago at Sturgis, I
decided I was done with camping--but that was for reasons of my back &
sleeping on the ground. *Aside from my back not being what it was 20 years
ago, I enjoy camping, so perhaps a good air mattress would solve my problem,
and that will be easier to pack in a plane than a motorcycle. *Any thoughts
here?

I stayed at the university and though it was a great part of the
experience. They open the dorms up to the public during this event.

-robert

On Jul 12, 3:27 pm, "Robert M. Gary" wrote:
On Jul 12, 12:59 pm, "Douglas Paterson"

wrote:
OSH First-Timer (hopefully!) here. Assuming I can get the plane out of
annual in time, I plan to make the trip!

I'm curious about lodging. I snagged a room at the Super 8 on the field.
Outrageous prices, of course, and I also wonder if I'm missing an essential
part of the experience by not camping. A couple of years ago at Sturgis, I
decided I was done with camping--but that was for reasons of my back &
sleeping on the ground. Aside from my back not being what it was 20 years
ago, I enjoy camping, so perhaps a good air mattress would solve my problem,
and that will be easier to pack in a plane than a motorcycle. Any thoughts
here?

I understand the bad back and camping, however with todays air
mattresses, I
think you have some great alternatives. Not to mention the tents that
can be erected to be able to just walk in.
Lou

"Douglas Paterson" wrote

OSH First-Timer (hopefully!) here. Assuming I can get the plane out of
annual in time, I plan to make the trip!

I'm curious about lodging. I snagged a room at the Super 8 on the field.
Outrageous prices, of course, and I also wonder if I'm missing an
essential part of the experience by not camping.

Forget the hotel, if you want true total immersion in the experience.

You give up air conditioning, but it is not so bad without it, most nights
by midnight.

You have to deal with the community showers, but if you don't take them at
peak times, that is not so bad, either.

Air mattresses are great for bad backs. I've had two back surgeries, (both
largely unsuccessful) and I sleep on air mattresses year around at home.
They have better firm (but soft) support than any regular mattress I have
ever tried. For me, camping at OSH, I'm sleeping on my own bed! g

Really, there is something about sleeping on the grounds that you can't
beat. Try it at least one year, and if you don't like it, you can do
something else next year.
--
Jim in NC

I like camping by the plane. I suggest a good blackout mask and good ear
plugs.

Jon

I like camping by the plane. I suggest a good blackout mask and good ear
plugs.

Yep. Especially if you get parked near the road, you *will* need the ear
plugs. They make a world of difference.

The eye mask is useful if (a) you're parked near bright lights, or (b) you
are foolish enough to waste valuable plane-gawking time trying to sleep
during the day at OSH!

:-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
Ercoupe N94856
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

On Jul 12, 6:41*pm, "Jay Honeck" wrote:
I like camping by the plane. I suggest a good blackout mask and good ear
plugs.

Yep. *Especially if you get parked near the road, you *will* need the ear
plugs. *They make a world of difference.

The eye mask is useful if (a) you're parked near bright lights, or (b) you
are foolish enough to waste valuable plane-gawking time trying to sleep
during the day at OSH!

A plane starting up at 7am just outside your tent is an
adventure.......
--
Gene Seibel
Tales of flight - http://pad39a.com/gene/tales.html
Because we fly, we envy no one.

The eye mask is useful if (a) you're parked near bright lights, or (b) you
are foolish enough to waste valuable plane-gawking time trying to sleep
during the day at OSH!

A plane starting up at 7am just outside your tent is an
adventure.......

I'm never able to sleep late at OSH. In the old days, it was one of the
babies crying at oh-dark-thirty. Later, it was the little kids, with their
endless energy. ("Daddy, daddy, daddy! Let's go see the Warbirds!" --
before the sun is up...) Then it was lack of bladder capacity after a night
of drinking adult beverages.

Throw in a B-25 taking off low over your tent at 7 AM (or earlier, rules be
damned), and you've got the recipe for a week of sleep deprivation.

God help me, I love it so...

:-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
Ercoupe N94856
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

What happened to the yodeler?

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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I'm never able to sleep late at OSH. In the old days, it was one of the
babies crying at oh-dark-thirty. Later, it was the little kids, with
their endless energy. ("Daddy, daddy, daddy! Let's go see the
Warbirds!" -- before the sun is up...) Then it was lack of bladder
capacity after a night of drinking adult beverages.

Throw in a B-25 taking off low over your tent at 7 AM (or earlier, rules
be damned), and you've got the recipe for a week of sleep deprivation.

God help me, I love it so...

:-)

In article
,
Gene Seibel wrote:

A plane starting up at 7am just outside your tent is an
adventure.......

Only if it is a round engined radial or a Merlin.

Two or three years ago the North Forty was awakened by a B-25 taking
off the west, followed immediately by two P-51's departing to the east.
Best alarm clock I every heard!