Oshkosh camping list? (Planning for next year)

In a previous article, "Peter R." said:
Paul Tomblin wrote:
The water at the shower station near the camp store in Camp Scholler was
one of the bad ones.

In discussing the showers at OSH, what are those accommodations like for
the campers? What are the busy times and what would a typical wait for a
shower be?

I usually showered sometime between 8 and 10am, and while they were
crowded I never had to wait for a shower stall. As already stated, the
showers consist of one of those kitchen sink sprayers in a square of
shower curtain. It's not luxurious, but it gets the job done. The water
was always adequately hot (which is good because there is no temperature
control).


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Paul Tomblin wrote:

As already stated, the
showers consist of one of those kitchen sink sprayers in a square of
shower curtain. It's not luxurious, but it gets the job done. The water
was always adequately hot (which is good because there is no temperature
control).

Thanks, Paul and Margy.

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Peter

("Peter R." wrote)
In discussing the showers at OSH, what are those accommodations like for
the campers? What are the busy times and what would a typical wait for a
shower be?


I showered at night 10pm. No lines, no fuss.

Sweat, sunscreen, sweat, bug juice (not a problem the past few years),
sweat, and more sunscreen. Helps me sleep at night without all that grime
covering me. Also, it sometimes cools you down a notch showering at night.

In the AM, I my brush teeth, put on clean clothes, my Tilly hat, and head
out for another day of sweat and sunscreen.


Montblack

Margy Natalie wrote in
m:

Peter R. wrote:
Paul Tomblin wrote:


The water at the shower station near the camp store in Camp Scholler
was one of the bad ones.


In discussing the showers at OSH, what are those accommodations like
for the campers? What are the busy times and what would a typical
wait for a shower be?

The "Old" or "permanant" showers are block buildings with kitchen
sprayers. I find them a bit lacking. The portable showers (trailers)
have larger sprayers and I like them much more. The women's showers
rarely have a line :-). The airshow is a good time to shower. about
10 am seems to be a good time also.

Margy


The trailer shower in the far end of the north 40 (next to the Hilton)
was flooded with over an inch of water. Not sure if it was the shower
doors leaking or a real live water leak, but that was no fun sloshing
through the "lake". I doubt that particular trailer will last to next
year...

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ET wrote:
Margy Natalie wrote in
m:


Peter R. wrote:

Paul Tomblin wrote:



The water at the shower station near the camp store in Camp Scholler
was one of the bad ones.


In discussing the showers at OSH, what are those accommodations like
for the campers? What are the busy times and what would a typical
wait for a shower be?


The "Old" or "permanant" showers are block buildings with kitchen
sprayers. I find them a bit lacking. The portable showers (trailers)
have larger sprayers and I like them much more. The women's showers
rarely have a line :-). The airshow is a good time to shower. about
10 am seems to be a good time also.

Margy



The trailer shower in the far end of the north 40 (next to the Hilton)
was flooded with over an inch of water. Not sure if it was the shower
doors leaking or a real live water leak, but that was no fun sloshing
through the "lake". I doubt that particular trailer will last to next
year...

The ones in Vintage have full time attendents with buckets and wet-vacs.
The doors leak and they are used constantly for hours on end. The
person cleaning the women's shower this year was particularly good at
keeping it fairly dry.

Margy

("Margy Natalie" wrote)
The ones in Vintage have full time attendents with buckets and wet-vacs.
The doors leak and they are used constantly for hours on end. The person
cleaning the women's shower this year was particularly good at keeping it
fairly dry.


The one south of the ultralights, where the seaplane bus picks you up, was
nice. I checked it out on day.

The design was odd though.

Two doors were on either end of the trailer, along one wall. Connecting the
doors was a large hallway that ran the length of the trailer, along the
outside wall. In the middle of the space (facing the other outside wall)
were the showers - maybe four stalls on each side of a center entrance, off
the hallway. The other long wall of the trailer had benches to dry off and
get dressed.

Here's my thought: Why not showers on the two "outside" walls? The wide
empty hallway running the length of the trailer, on one outside wall, was
much wasted space, IMHO.

Anyway, that was my first impression of the shower trailer. Clean, and
puzzling. g


Montblack

"john smith" wrote in message
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: In article ,
: ".Blueskies." wrote:
:
: Absolutely right, this is a pretty amazing little machine. It does use those
: 'small threaded' propane tanks that cost a
: little more than the big threaded ones, but it is hot fast...
:
: Make sure you get the right one for your needs.
: They come with the following gas fills:
: - propane
: - butane
: - isobutane/propane mix

Any of the gasses work, but the iso/propane mix is recommended for low (32°f) operation...

john smith wrote:

We gave up "real cooking" a while back.

It's a bit of a thread diversion, but I wanted to comment on the lack
of cooking in the North 40 this year.
We arrived on Sunday, set up camp, and then hiked over to PicNSave
and filled our backpacks with
groceries and ate very well the rest of the week. The surprise was we
hardly saw anyone else cooking in
our area. Did everyone walk across to Hardee's every night? Eat $4
hot dogs in the airshow? We ate
well, and not all that difficult. We used a 2 burner Coleman propane
stove. Did we violate some rule we
were unaware of?

What row were you parked in?

546. Two rows west of the shower building - a great spot!

Mike

We gave up "real cooking" a while back.

It's a bit of a thread diversion, but I wanted to comment on the lack
of cooking in the North 40 this year.
We arrived on Sunday, set up camp, and then hiked over to PicNSave
and filled our backpacks with
groceries and ate very well the rest of the week. The surprise was we
hardly saw anyone else cooking in
our area. Did everyone walk across to Hardee's every night? Eat $4
hot dogs in the airshow? We ate
well, and not all that difficult. We used a 2 burner Coleman propane
stove. Did we violate some rule we
were unaware of?

What row were you parked in?

546. Two rows west of the shower building - a great spot!

Well no wonder! You were parked in all those caravaner's.
They were so packed full they didn't have any room for cooking utensils!
:-))

Seriously, it takes a well experienced camper to bring only what is
essential to camp at OSH. Most pilots are fliers, not campers. Most
don't own the requisite camping and cooking gear to make a home away
from home with the plane.

The proof of that is the tents many bring with them; the sleeping bags
and all the extra clothes.
The gear is so heavy and bulky, there isn't room in the airplane for
anything else they need.

Everything I used this year weighted 10-12 pounds and occupied a volume
less than two cubic feet. This reflects 35 years of backpacking
experience and knowledge and $250 worth of equipment and clothing.

As for individual cooking, all one really needs is a one-liter pot, a
single-burner stove, a spork, a cup, a plate and a spatula. Each
additional person requires a cup, plate and spork. Pretty simple, really.
You can do a lot with a single pot and boiled water.
Boil bag rice or instant mashed potatos, frozen vegetables and a meat of
your choice will make a balanced meal in less than 30-minutes.

john smith wrote:

Seriously, it takes a well experienced camper to bring only what is
essential to camp at OSH. Most pilots are fliers, not campers. Most
don't own the requisite camping and cooking gear to make a home away
from home with the plane.

I hear you! When we used to go camping with the Boy Scouts, we had two types of outings for the boys:
tail gate campouts and backpacking. I always thought backpacking was easier, because by definition
there's just less stuff to pack. Oshkosh camping on the other hand seems more like tail-gating. With our
C-182, there's just a temptation to throw in more stuff as long as there's room for it. This year, we took
the back seat out to make packing easier, and all it did was let us take more stuff. It's nice to have the
pop-up awning, table and chairs, but I'm sure we could get by on a much smaller scale by reverting to
"backpack mode". Either way, it was a great time!

Mike