At "The Vintage Grill"
In the summer of 2010 I was fortunate enough to be able to fly out to Oshkosh, Wisconsin with a couple of friends and attend "The Worlds Greatest Aviation Celebration". We flew a nice Cessna 210 (owned by a good friend of mine) from Seattle to Oshkosh in one day and set up tents under the wing of the airplane while parked in the “North 40”. This was my first time at the Oshkosh air-show and I must say it was a great experience.
Mike, Roy and Myself beginning our journey
One of the best parts about attending the EAA sponsored event was that one of my long-time friends from high school (let's call him "Hal", since that's his name) works at EAA and was able to take a few minutes out of each of his very busy days to give us a bit of a “behind the scenes” look at Oshkosh. He was a terrific tour guide and he provided information about many of the vintage airplanes that few people on the planet know. When Hal wasn't available to show us around, his wife, Muffy was kind enough to take over the "tour guide" duties as best she could and it was nice to be able to visit with her while exploring everything that Oshkosh had to offer.
My good friend, Hal
As the week wound down, we decided to start heading back for home and so we loaded up the reliable, old Cessna and made our way westward. Due to the winds and other weather encounters, we took 2 days to get home. Our stopover point was Polson, Montana where we stayed with my cousin and his family. It was a very nice visit.
This was an adventure that I’ll hopefully get to experience again in the near future.
Cheers!
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