Early this morning the thunder and lightning started. It was predicted but we had hoped it would pass by quickly, which was not the case. Instead of getting up and ready for a taxi pickup at 7:30 am, we were more leisurely and did not arrive at the airport until 11:30 am. Given the choice of hanging around the airport or staying in the room, watching TV and surfing the web, we chose the latter.
I need to correct some of the information from my previous post on Mantako. The author was Sinclair Lewis, not Upton Sinclair, and it was 38 Dakota Indians, not 24, were hung on Dec. 26, 1862. Originally there were 303 Indians who were due to be executed, but 265 were pardoned by President Lincoln. This is per Wikipedia which I am trusting more than our taxi driver at the moment.
We left Mankato at 12:04 pm and we were able to slip between some cells but it meant that we flew west then north before turning east toward Oshkosh. Unfortunately, we missed the window to land at Oshkosh by 10 minutes. They have an air show in the afternoon from 3:00 to 5:00 pm and they close the airport for landing before the show so there is no traffic.
At 2:35 pm we were wheels down at Appleton, an airport just north of Oshkosh. Nancy, flew into Green Bay via commercial airlines from Seattle, picked up a rental car and got us. While we were waiting we were able to sample some 5 year aged extra sharp cheddar cheese (this is Wisconsin after all) and Rich bought us some to take home with us.
We are staying at a Motel 6 here in Oshkosh, a short distance from the airport and the air show. For dinner we went to Wendt's On the Lake and has their famous perch.
Now it is time to get some sleep. Tomorrow will be a big day at the Experimental Aircraft Association 2012 Airventure Oshkosh.
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