Oshkosh or Bust! - First Time Camping at OSH - Things we learned setting up a camp site

Camping Gear:
Tie-Downs (9lbs):
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Tent Coleman Flatwoods II Lightweight 6 Person Dome Camping Tent (15lbs):
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Camping Chairs (2 @ 8lbs):
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2 Pack LED Rechargeable Camping Lantern Flashlights (weight included w/camera bag):
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Jackery Explorer 500W Portable Power Station (15lbs):
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Jackery Flexible & Portable Solar Saga 100W (9lbs)
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SoundAsleep Dream Series Luxury Air Mattress (17.5lbs):
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DeWalt 20V MAX 11 in. H X 11 in. D Variable speed Jobsite Fan (2lbs)
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DEWALT 20V MAX Cordless Impact Wrench (weight included w/ice chest):
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LHKNL Rechargeable Headlamp Flashlight (weight included w/camera bag):
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Miscellaneous:
Bedding (11lbs)
Camera Bag DJI Cameras, batteries, etc. (16.5lbs)
Camera Back-pack (8lbs)
Cloths Back-Packs (2 @ 20lbs)
Ice Chest w/food, snacks, Impact Wrench, etc. (24lbs)
P4TC Swag:
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ROUTE:
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MUSIC:
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[@altoonaflyer]

Thanks for accurately and beautifully describing the North40 camping experience🙂 We volunteers appreciate guests who listen and read!! lol, nice to meet you both…see you again next year!

[@Parr4theCourse]

Thanks we appreciate it, although “Listening” and “Reading” are not my strong suites😜🤪 We hope to be back again next year and maybe encourage some newbies as well….. Thanks for watching !!!!

[@janisparr8592]

Thanks! I just retired from a middle school office - parents NEVER listen and/or read! 🙄 We had an excellent time and will be back. All the volunteers were extremely nice and helpful.

[@kevincollins8014]

This has to be one of the best videos I've seen explaining the camping at Oshkosh. Those tie downs are amazing just don't forget to bring your hammer drill 😆. I am looking forward to the rest of the footage you guys captured that week . Thanks as always for taking the time to film and bring us along.

[@Parr4theCourse]

Thanks Kevin we really appreciate that! We thought we would do a video like this from a newbies perspective so others can see what’s needed and pull the trigger on camping if they were on the fence about doing it!!!

[@janisparr8592]

Thanks, Kevin! So much to show - it can be hard to condense!

[@donemory7459]

Awesome Janis & Ron! It looked liked your planning paid off except for the long pants! 😊. When it’s in the 80’s & 90’s, you don’t think of those things! I bet you will the next time. 😊 Thanks for sharing. Don/NE Ohio

[@Parr4theCourse]

YES we will next time!!!🤣😂😜🤪

[@janisparr8592]

In Michigan right now. We are not camping but we did bring long pants and wore them yesterday - never got over 66!! Learned our lesson on summertime in these northern states!!!!

[@RusscanFLY]

This is your best video yet! I learned so much from this video, it’s definitely a blueprint for how to camp at Oshkosh. My plan is to be on the north 40 with you guys next year. Take care, and thank you for this amazing video. I definitely hope it goes viral!

[@Parr4theCourse]

Thanks Russ, coming from you that means a lot!! Hope it helped you prepare for next year!!!

[@janisparr8592]

Thank you!! We were very much “in the moment” filming a lot of it. Ron just put it together well.

[@philipjones9306]

Very nice video guys thanks. Perhaps one day I will make it to oshkosh

[@Parr4theCourse]

It was our first time, hopefully we inspired folks enough from a newbie’s perspective that others will pull the trigger and simply take the plunge!!! Thanks for watching/commenting…. Next week’s series we head to Mackinac Island…

[@janisparr8592]

Hope you do make it - we had an awesome experience!

[@paratyshow]

👍✅ The famous Midwest flying, sailing, equipment review, camping and X food channel 🤣

[@Parr4theCourse]

You got that right!

[@janisparr8592]

Yep - a bit of everything in this one! 😁

[@mustanggearhed]

Great job with this installment of your AirVenture experience. Thank you for all of the details. We are going to try this next year and this is really helpful.

[@Parr4theCourse]

I thought you did camp….did you stay in town?

[@mustanggearhed]

@@Parr4theCourse we stayed in Appleton at a hotel this year. We plan on flying in (in our 182) next year. Like you guys, we will come in early to avoid as much chaos on the arrival as possible.

[@Parr4theCourse]

@@mustanggearhed Gotcha, we enjoyed it…. You meet a lot of camping neighbors that way too plus you don’t have to deal with the crowds getting in. Although our weather was pretty good and I hear that bad weather some years has turned people off from camping, but it’s all part of the adventure 😜🤪

[@janisparr8592]

The camping was something we’ll do again. There are a few things we learned from people around us, and some things are personal preference. Of course you have to make personal priority choices because of weight limitations!

[@flyingadventuresab]

Ahhhh, brings back lots of KOSH memories from last year!

[@Parr4theCourse]

Glad we could help😜🤪

[@janisparr8592]

Yes! We made some great memories too!

[@flyingadventuresab]

@@janisparr8592 It's quite a spectacle, just in the number of tenters!

[@jeffault6728]

I love this very informative video. There are tons of videos about the arrival at Osh. But, I have found very few about the camping experience; what to bring, the facilities, etc. Thank you so much for giving us a taste of the camping experience.😃😎⛺

[@Parr4theCourse]

Glad it was helpful! That’s why we did it, geared more for those who are in the fence about flying in and camping at OSH

[@janisparr8592]

We learned a few things but even seasoned campers forget something or learn something each time.

[@dutchygirl]

That was nice too watch! It does remind me of all my years going camping, but only bringing some really basic stuff. Some times with only a very tiny tent and a sleeping bag (using my coat as a pillow) as it was a long walk from the train station to the camping site. And yes, it can get very cold at night in a tent!! It helps to lay an aluminium mat below the mattress on the ground.

[@Parr4theCourse]

We will remember that trick for next time….thanks!!!!

[@janisparr8592]

Yes! We could have used something to help with the chill.

[@Twizlair]

Nice set up. This year was crowded it was insane.

[@Parr4theCourse]

Yes it was, but it was our first time so we do t have anything to compare it with…. We still had a blast!!!!

[@janisparr8592]

Thanks! We have nothing to compare it to so I don’t know if it was crowded! 🧐 Getting there early really helped with us with trying to get things figured out.

[@jameshyatte7230]

So glad the weather behaved for you guys. One time we went it was so hot , hotter there than Kentucky, it was quite miserable that year. Even had tornado warnings! Those big screws looked so simple to use and doesn't take up much room they look to be a awesome product. More times than not you'll need them for Osh. Glad you guys enjoyed your first time to Osh. The best part of Osh are the people.

[@Parr4theCourse]

The people “ARE-OSH” Yea we hope next time the weather is the same 😜🤪

[@janisparr8592]

I think we did win the weather lottery! The good thing was that the loudspeakers went off for the weather warnings so we had time to prepare. I have to agree that it’s the people that make Osh so much fun. We spent the days before the show started just visiting and sitting on the flight line watching planes arrive!

[@flyingmusician]

Thanks for sharing. Never been before, looks like you guys had a great time!

[@janisparr8592]

It was a great experience - so much more to come in future videos!

[@Parr4theCourse]

We had a blast, you MUST go!!!

[@ProPilotPete]

Awesome. Maybe a stationair is in your future so you can bring more gear! Glad you guys had fun.

[@Parr4theCourse]

Or a Kodiak 900😜🤣🤪😂

[@ProPilotPete]

@@Parr4theCourse that would be nice, could do mission work too like those guys in papa New Guinea

[@Parr4theCourse]

@@ProPilotPete Yea the Kodiak 100 is better suited for that as it is designed to withstand hitting a 9” tree stump!!!!

[@janisparr8592]

Yes! But sometimes you’re better off being forced to consolidate or leave something at home!!

[@WolfPilot]

Awesome video Ron and Janis!! It was great getting to meet up at the youtuber gathering! I think I had to put my hoodie on one morning as well.. I looked at those big screws and ended up getting 3 super beefy auger style anchors at tractor supply. I used a piece of galvanized pipe to turn them into the ground and some 1/2 poly rope to secure to the hooks. 5 nights under the stars!!! I love it!

[@Parr4theCourse]

Yea Jay it was a bit chilly a couple of mornings we prepared for the heat everybody warned us about, but not the cold 🥶…. Hope to see ya again next year if not before!!!

[@janisparr8592]

Yep - we needed more covers at night and we would have been perfect. The weight and small size of the Big Screws made a difference for us - remember Ron’s traveling with a WOMAN! 😁 So glad we got to see you - we seem to always have a conflict with A&C events and they all are a bit far for us to travel to in one day. Maybe we’ll make one this fall.

[@planeanddirtsimple]

Y’all did a great job with the camp setup. I like that generator.

[@Parr4theCourse]

The solar generator worked like a charm!!!

[@larryd.214]

Glad to see this next installment from OSH! Looking forward to the next!

[@Parr4theCourse]

Thanks we appreciate it…..

[@janisparr8592]

It’s hard to try to get everything in.

[@SantosChronicles]

This is such a great concept of flying and camping. Are the other folks pros or more like camping rookies like you guys. So cool you guys met up with Live Outloud Family. What a great idea with a fuel option. You have the cool toys Ron. That was service with the screw guy.

[@Parr4theCourse]

I think most are seasoned campers, the Big Screw guy was a great and unexpected touch!!!!

[@janisparr8592]

Everyone around us had done this multiple times and had great tips. It was such a great crowd… It is unbelievable all there is to do and see there. Ron is having a hard time consolidating - you understand that!!!

[@SantosChronicles]

@@Parr4theCourse You need a big screw sponsorship.

[@mikem8163]

Nice video on the Airventure camping experience. Did that last year. Tried tent camping in Camp Scholler this year since I flew up commercially. Would NOT recommend. The only way I would camp in Camp Schollar is in a fully equipped RV. Not enough bath houses. I was almost a mile from the nearest one. I ended up leaving and staying with friends at their Airbnb. Working on getting a group of fellow aviators from Monroe together so we can all fly up there and camp together next year. Airventure is like no other place…….

[@Parr4theCourse]

Monroe, LA? Janis is from there. We fly into Ruston a lot, if so let us know, if we go again next year we can meet up with everyone....

[@janisparr8592]

We had such a great time! Seemed they were a bit louder over at the RV parking too. Glad you had an option for another place to stay. I don’t think I would have lasted either if it had been that far to a bathhouse.

[@Andre.D550]

Sounds like you two enjoyed it. Did you not have the usual Oshkosh storm ? 😎

[@Parr4theCourse]

There was an alarm at 4:00am one morning but it wasn’t too bad and blew over quickly…..

[@janisparr8592]

We didn’t!! I did throw our clothes in plastic bags and picked up stuff the morning we had the one storm. But it turned out to just be rain .

[@mauriceevans6546]

Electric bikes or golf cart rental would make camping there alot easier.

[@Parr4theCourse]

True, but we like to walk and get at least 10,000 steps in a day . . . OSH was more like 20,000 steps/day, we did take the bus one day into town as carrying a case of Cokes got a bit tiring while walking that far . . .😜🤪

[@janisparr8592]

You are so right! A lot of people do bring electric bikes, scooters, etc for the campgrounds.