Our day one in Oshkosh we filled up my ski boot bag with groceries and ice on our first walk to the Pick and Save. I though I was getting chest pains on the way back to camp when I realized I was walking briskly with 80 pounds of groceries on my back while carrying 20 pounds of ice in my arms. I cooked up a porterhouse and cracked a bottle of red and we ate a good dinner then cleaned up the camp and packed the coolers.
We hooked up with the Denton Texas crowd down in Vintage Camping and caught up on their airplanes and flying. Jim came in his Cessna 140A that he is painstakingly restoring to new condition. What wasn't polished aluminum was painted similarly to Larry's 50 something 170 Cessna which was gleaming in the sun. Bill flew with his wife Sharon in Jim's 1961 Racing Bonaza and Howard and his brother in law were driving Howards new (Jim's Old) highly restored 50 something Bonanza.
I always feel that I'm kind of insane for injecting so much money in my old airplane but hanging with the fellows makes that all go away. According to the EAA my 35 year old Mooney won't be eligible to park in Vintage for another 5 years. Thats an odd figure but with the majority of the GA fleet being manufactured in the mid to late 70's they wouldnt have the room if they opened it up to all of us.
We woke up at 6AM with a hole in the air matress. Sleeping on the ground sucks and although we tried to patch the mattress it was obvious that the thing was trash. We walked back over to the pick and save and then next door to Target and bought a new mattress.
I got an email from Ed saying that they were leaving Kenosha and would be arriving shortly. The live in Ottawa and almost lost their whole vacation due to the same weather that kept us in Danbury. When they arrived I spent the afternoon making them and Judy Mojito's and subsequently I ended up cooking dinner where I relied on experience I aquired at Widow Browns in Danbury when I was a kid. Cooking blind.
Alex from DC showed up while we were winding down and it was good to catch up with him. I received an email from Scott in Danbury saying we had made the EAA website so we all pulled out our laptops to see if we could have a look at it.
Eventually I got up and walked to the tent and crashed.
I'm feeling OK now but Judy is down for the count. Advil and Breakfast will fix that up so I'm sure we'll be ready to go at it again tonight with a new bunch of Old Friends Alcohol and Camping.
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