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Alexis Park Inn & Suites
  1165 S. Riverside Drive
   Iowa City, Iowa  52246
Toll Free: 888-9ALEXIS

(888-925-3947)

Local:  319 337-8665
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Iowa Bed & Breakfast Guild


Iowa City Chamber of Commerce


Iowa City Convention & Visitor's Bureau


 

Sun, July 23rd

After a good night's sleep, we all met in the hotel lobby at the "crack of 9 AM" since -- based on our years of experience -- a mid-morning arrival in Oshkosh is usually pretty sedate.

How wrong we were!  Click here to read an account of our somewhat harrowing arrival.

Still, once we were on the ground, everything clicked into high gear, and we were off to the races.  

Below are some pix from the day:

It took several trips to get everyone to the airport...

Guests loading up in Iowa City...

Jack calling Montblack to let him know we're about to depart KIOW

Edwin & Jim flew up with Jack Allison and us, as a flight of 3...

Released from the hold, OSH is in view...

Approaching OSH....

OSH from the air...

OSH...

We're base-to-final for Rwy 36...

Almost down!.

We're here!

I handed my son, Joe, the camera, and told him to take pictures...

Taxiing past...

Rolling down the taxiways...

Rolling....

Say "hi!"...

It's a LONG taxi to the North 40 from Rwy 36!

More planes than you'll ever see, anywhere...

We're getting closer!

Volunteers make Airventure happen!

It's about 2.5 miles from touchdown to parking...

A B-17 overflies as we set up the tent...

Campsite all set!

First stop -- Goodwill to buy some junk bikes...

Montblack showed up right away....

...and started unloading....

...EVERYTHING! It was a cornucopia in there!

Joe bought this perfectly poltically incorrect shirt from a wandering vendor...

Here's the more correct front view...

After diverting to Fond du Lac for fuel, Jack and Steve arrived a few hours later...

At the end of a long, hot day...we're all together at Friar Tuck's!

Montblack taking some pix...

Becca at Friar Tucks...