Oshkosh in Winter...

Jack Allison wrote:
$3K to stay at the Hilton during the show or camping by your plane?
Now, that's a true no-brainer. I'd take a bit of rain and the
possibility of my tent blowing away to camp with folks on the field
before I'd line Hilton's pockets with such a wad of cash.

Try the dorms. $25-50 per night. And discounts on meals. And convenient
bus transportation door to door.

Do the dorms have AC? Otherwise it might get pretty hot. I've stayed
overnight at dorms on bike rides and with no AC it was miserable.
Now I always use a tent, and always have plenty of AC...... g.


"Blanche" wrote in message
...
Jack Allison wrote:
$3K to stay at the Hilton during the show or camping by your plane?
Now, that's a true no-brainer. I'd take a bit of rain and the
possibility of my tent blowing away to camp with folks on the field
before I'd line Hilton's pockets with such a wad of cash.

Try the dorms. $25-50 per night. And discounts on meals. And convenient
bus transportation door to door.

Peter MacPherson wrote:
Do the dorms have AC? Otherwise it might get pretty hot. I've stayed
overnight at dorms on bike rides and with no AC it was miserable.
Now I always use a tent, and always have plenty of AC...... g.

One of the dorms at Lawrence (in Appleton) is now airconditioned.
I'd rather be a bit warm with no AC in the dorms and also have
hot/cold showers, running water, etc and not have to slog thru
mud and such in the morning. I also like having the bathrooms
*right there* instead of having to walk some distance to the
port-a-potty.

What can I say? I like the creature comforts.

Of course I could bring the boat's potty and put it in the tent,
but personally, the tent aint big enough for me and the potty!

(*chortle*)(*chortle*)

Blanche wrote:

Of course I could bring the boat's potty and put it in the tent,
but personally, the tent aint big enough for me and the potty!

You could get a second tent just for the potty.

George Patterson
The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.

You could get a second tent just for the potty.

Shoot, the farthest I've had to walk to a potty in the North 40 is about 100
yards.

And they usually smell like Pina Coladas -- not like the old days, that's
for sure!

Sleeping in the dorms at OSH is like kissing your sister. You're "almost"
doing Oshkosh -- but it's just not right.

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

We did the dorms this year. Only problem was we chose Marion College
and didn't get a car. Result: $20 round trip *per day* on the shuttle.
Actually, I like camping on the field better anyway. We thought Dad
would be more comfortable in the dorms this year. If I choose the dorms
again, I'd definitely go with something in Oshkosh.


--
Jack Allison
PP-ASEL, IA Student, airplane partnership student

"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)

Sonny, I was bunking it in the dorms before you were an aviator apprentice
third class.

{;-)


Jim





Sleeping in the dorms at OSH is like kissing your sister. You're "almost"
doing Oshkosh -- but it's just not right.

Sonny, I was bunking it in the dorms before you were an aviator apprentice
third class.

Sorry, Jim -- it just ain't right.

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

Jim just wants to be closer to the parties.
There is one every night in one of the dorms or another.
Why eat when you can drink!

Jay Honeck wrote:
Sonny, I was bunking it in the dorms before you were an aviator apprentice
third class.

Sorry, Jim -- it just ain't right.
;-)

"RST Engineering" wrote in message
...
Sonny, I was bunking it in the dorms before you were an aviator apprentice
third class.

{;-)


Jim

But... You didn't get to wake up to the sound of "yodeling", of hear the
first departures of the day as your natural alarm clock!

Different strokes.....live and let live!
--
Jim in NC