[NSRCA-discussion] Hamburg Contest

[John Ferrell]

Getting a chance to use the RV is a great deal of the fun for me. I don't 
balk at the need or opportunity to stay at a NEARBY campground though. It 
was a real PITA to have to go to Modoc in the first few Nats at Muncie.  At 
the '99 worlds we stayed a few miles away at a really nice campground with 
cable TV hook-ups that permitted the wife to keep up with her football 
habit.
I try to remember to at least offer to ante up a few dollars to the fields 
that supply electricity. It does not take long for the generator to eat $10 
worth of fuel.
For the fields that don't have on-site camping or a campground within 20 
minutes, I usually pass....

John Ferrell
http://DixieNC.US

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Grow Pattern" <pattern4u at comcast.net>
To: "NSRCA Mailing List" <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 10:09 AM
Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Hamburg Contest


> Ed (Alt),
>               I used the contest location as a platform to make a bigger
> point. (Did not set out to bash your contest).
>
> The bigger point is that not everyone stays in hotels because of the cost. 
> I
> see folks in tents at contests. Rather them than me, but I salute their
> fortitude and spirit. If  a person has invested in a RV or camper or 
> trailer
> and that helps them make it to a contest, then they should not be put down
> because they are looking for camping at the contest site. (The AMA has
> developed its site to encourage this type of attendance).
>
> Staying at a cheap or scruffy motel may be OK for a single guy, but most 
> of
> the couples that I know need to treat their wives/partners to better
> accommodation than that. A lot depends, of course, on your personal
> standards. Trailers that I have seen are very nice inside. Well appointed
> and tend to encourage a higher degree of socialization at the site.
>
> As the ages of our contestants increase you might just see an increase in
> RV's at contests. If camping is not available on site, it may well be a 
> good
> idea for CD's to add more campground info to their contest flyers, in the
> same way as they include hotel phone numbers locations etc.
>
> If I was wrong to use the Pocono site to make a point, I apologize.
>
> Regards,
>
> Eric.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ed Alt" <ed_alt at hotmail.com>
> To: "NSRCA Mailing List" <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
> Sent: Monday, February 20, 2006 1:19 AM
> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Hamburg Contest
>
>
>> Thanks for the warm endorsement Eric.  Maybe we'll see you there anyway?
>>
>> Ed
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Grow Pattern" <pattern4u at comcast.net>
>> To: "NSRCA Mailing List" <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
>> Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2006 6:00 PM
>> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Hamburg Contest
>>
>>
>>> Del,
>>>        With the cost of gas these days, multi-axel highway tolls and the
>>> gas consumption of a of a truck pulling a camper from Buffalo NY, I 
>>> would
>>> be
>>> hard pressed to see that as much of a "free ride". If the campground 
>>> fees
>>> in
>>> a holiday resort area like the Pocono's/Delaware Water Gap region, are a
>>> deal breaker, I can see that.
>>>
>>> Many of the sites that we travel too are not that great for a pattern
>>> contest.  The Pocono site is in a deep valley with nasty winds. You fly
>>> with
>>> the sun in you eyes for a large part of the day. Add to that a beautiful
>>> backdrop of green mountains that unfortunately help your plane disappear
>>> at
>>> the bottom of turnarounds etc., and it is not that rewarding a journey.
>>>
>>> Compare that to your Hamburg event where the camping is free, they feed
>>> you
>>> till you are full and the sun is at you back most of the day, The site 
>>> is
>>> well prepared and relatively bug free. Given the chance, I made it to
>>> every
>>> Hamburg contest that I could. Hope it comes back.
>>>
>>> BTW - You Hamburg NY guys are great and even though a (g) was put after
>>> the
>>> "free-ride" remark below, it did not make it funny!
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Eric.
>>>
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Joe Lachowski" <jlachow at hotmail.com>
>>> To: <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
>>> Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2006 4:54 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Hamburg Contest
>>>
>>>
>>>> The Del. Water Gap is a national park that does not allow us to do 
>>>> this.
>>>> Besides there is not enough room. There is a I believe a KOA in the 
>>>> area
>>>> that can accomodate campers not far from the field. Can't always have a
>>>> free
>>>> ride<g>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>From: "Bill Glaze" <billglaze at triad.rr.com>
>>>>>Reply-To: NSRCA Mailing List <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
>>>>>To: "NSRCA Mailing List" <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
>>>>>Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Hamburg Contest
>>>>>Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2006 15:06:34 -0500
>>>>>
>>>>>Del:
>>>>>By Pocono's do you mean Delaware Water Gap field, that disallows motor
>>>>>homes?  If so, how/when did they come up with that?
>>>>>   ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>   From: Del K. Rykert
>>>>>   To: NSRCA Mailing List
>>>>>   Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2006 2:47 PM
>>>>>   Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Hamburg Contest
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>   Yes.. it has not been set and not going to be .. Club can't 
>>>>> continues
>>>>> to
>>>>>put on contest with such small turnouts..  Another one bites the dust
>>>>>for
>>>>>us in this part of country..  Looks when I do get permission to fly I
>>>>>won't
>>>>>have any contest to go to.. Sayre is unknown also last I heard..
>>>>>Pocono's
>>>>>doesn't allow RV's and same with Oakville..  so now nothing left to go
>>>>>to..
>>>>>  :+[
>>>>>
>>>>>                    Del
>>>>>
>>>
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