Devastation in Iowa City Tonight

Ah, I think he is a professional writer, evident in the quality - he
just doesn't get paid for it.

Thanks, Jay, for another great story. And I join the others in saying -
glad you and your family are OK, the Inn intact, and Atlas is still
airworthy.

george

Jose wrote:
So Jay, why aren't you a professional writer?

Jose

("Jay Honeck" wrote)
Montblack is talking about a shortage in Camp Scholler, the drive-in
camping area.


Not Camp Scholler.

http://www.circle-r-camp.com/
Circle R Campground

http://www.circle-r-camp.com/html/map.html
Layout

Approx. one mile south (maybe two) of the ultralight pasture.
http://www.circle-r-camp.com/html/directions.html
Directions

Like I said: nice campground, good rates, convenient campground store, flush
toilets here and there, laundry room, pleasant owners, fantastic (1967)
campground playground, idyllic farm setting with corn growing all around you
....and three shower stalls.


Montblack
Staying in the dorms this year.

Montblack wrote:

Not Camp Scholler.

First you're at the Charcoal Pit, now you're camping at Scholler. If
Jay keeps at it, you'll have been camped next to all of us in your
(future) Ercoupe. :-)


--
Jack Allison
PP-ASEL-Instrument Airplane
Arrow N2104T

"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the Earth
with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there
you will always long to return"
- Leonardo Da Vinci

(Remove the obvious from address to reply via e-mail)

Not Camp Scholler.

First you're at the Charcoal Pit, now you're camping at Scholler. If
Jay keeps at it, you'll have been camped next to all of us in your
(future) Ercoupe. :-)

Who *is* this "Montblack" fellow, anyway??

;-)

It is kinda funny how all of my Oshkosh memories are blending together.
They're becoming one big, happy blur, separated by intense points of
experience...

....like that downpour
....and Space Ship One
....and Concorde
....and meeting Jimmy Doolittle
....and Paul Tibbets
....and seeing Voyager fly over
....and seeing the F-117 for the first time
....and hearing Neil Armstrong
....and Burt Rutan
....and all those terrific Jim Weir forums
....and all those warbirds shows
....and...so many things!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Glad you & yours are ok.

Have the weather boffins assigned an intensity category to this one?

Whoa. The latest from the NWS is that we were hit by FIVE tornadoes. I
guess I only saw 1/5th of them.

They have now confirmed the touchdown point of the biggest tornado (the
one that buzzed right through the U of Iowa campus, causing millions of
dollars in damage, and injuring 30 people) as being at the corner of
Hwy 1 and Riverside Drive.

If you have a good arm, you can hit that spot with a baseball, standing
in our parking lot. And it's 1/4 mile from our hangar.

We were incredibly lucky.
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay Honeck wrote:

Who *is* this "Montblack" fellow, anyway??

;-)

A legend in his own mind :-) Oh...I mean, most excellent supplier of
camping gear to the useful load impaired.


--
Jack Allison
PP-ASEL-Instrument Airplane
Arrow N2104T

"When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the Earth
with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there
you will always long to return"
- Leonardo Da Vinci

(Remove the obvious from address to reply via e-mail)

("Jack Allison" wrote)
Oh...I mean, most excellent supplier of camping gear to the useful load
impaired.


What is your Arrow's useful load? More importantly, what are your fuel hops
going to be with seats full? Why yes, I mean ...with IFR reserves!!

BTW, we're waiting for OSH to get new pillows. Yup, you get them first (x4)
, then they're all ours. Margene has decided ....it's time.

[If you need to save a little room (x4) - we're getting them either way.
Holding off 'till OSH, that's all.]

Guests [visiting] means we get new towels, or microwave, or (Full size)
sheets and comforter set, or new patio chairs, or whatever - I simply nod
and go pick up what she tells me buy. :-)


A legend in his own mind :-)

"Being John Montblackovich" (1999)

Guests [visiting] means we get new towels, or microwave, or (Full size)
sheets and comforter set, or new patio chairs, or whatever - I simply nod
and go pick up what she tells me buy. :-)

I *thought* all that stuff looked pretty new at Thanksgiving! Sorry to
have cost you so much... ;-)

And our first movie night went well last night, although (strangely
enough) a bunch of people showed up AFTER the movie. Must be that
"free beer" thing?

:-)

And, of course, the women made me replay the volleyball scene with Tom
Cruise, Val Kilmer, et al, OVER and OVER and OVER...

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

("Jay Honeck" wrote)
I *thought* all that stuff looked pretty new at Thanksgiving! Sorry to
have cost you so much... ;-)


We're STILL using the little microwave - didn't return it.

I think you gained 6#'s on you Vegas trip, IIRC, while only 4#'s on your
Thanksgiving (MOA Shopping) visit with us. Looking at the numbers it
occurred to me that, while 2#'s shy of the Vegas mark, we hold the #'s/day
edge over Las Vegas!

http://www.alexisparkinn.com/Photogallery2/2005-Thanksgiving/sVikings%20Chocolate%20Milk%2011-05.jpg

http://www.alexisparkinn.com/Photogallery2/2005-Thanksgiving/sFamily%20at%20Vikings%20Store%20in%20MOA2%2011-05.jpg
Oops, how'd that one get in there? g


And, of course, the women made me replay the volleyball scene with Tom
Cruise, Val Kilmer, et al, OVER and OVER and OVER...

As long as they didn't (ALSO) ask you to speed up the projector a little,
then slow it down, then speed it up really fast, then turn down the volume
so there's NO talking, then play it backwards - slowly, then do it all
again, OVER and OVER and OVER...


Montblack
(My cartoon bubble has a light bulb in it)

Who *is* this "Montblack" fellow, anyway??

A legend in his own mind :-) Oh...I mean, most excellent supplier of
camping gear to the useful load impaired.

Isn't that the definition of an "outfitter"?