Bob,thanks for the info. I'm going to be in west NV Sept. 1, I may fly up the coast if the weather is good. take care gene
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > I just got back from Texas and found a great airport cafe. It's at Hondo > > Airport about 50 mi. west of San Antonio, Texas. With the 2000 mi trips > > this year I was thinking when we find a good airport cafe or know of one > > we should tell the group. The cafe at Morris Airport, Morris, IL were > > I'm based is a good one. We also have 80 oct. and a courtesy car. > > Motels are only down the block. gene > > > > __________________________________________________________________________ ______ > > To unsubscribe from this list please send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > _____________________________________________________________ > > Keep up with breaking news! Join our Hot Topics list. > > http://www.topica.com/lists/breakingnews/t/12 > > Hi Gene, > I can give you three here on the left coast of Oregon. Salem has a nice > second story restaurant overlooking the flight line. Good food and > service with moderate prices. > A little farther South, at Albany there is an 'off field' restaurant > that has a taxiway right up to the building, Chinese/American menu. It > used to be one of our regular 'hang-outs' until it changed hands and the > service and food really was the 'pits'. I just heard that they folded > and it went back to the old management again so by now it should be > really good again. Tell David, the manager that you belong to the > Ercoupe Owners Club and you'll get excellent 'personallized' service. He > might even go put on his "OREGON ERCOUPE ERFORCE" (OEE) cap for you or > show you his OEE coffee mug. Also, there is a Motel right next door. > A little farther South is Cottage Grove, it also has a nice restaurant > (a little fancier) that is 'off-field' but has a taxi-way to the parking > ramp that has room for about a dozen planes or so and then you just walk > across the street and into the "Best Western" Motel and Restaurant > complex. We also used to hang-out there a lot, but some outfit in > California bought it and they started closing at 2:00pm on Sundays. So, > we stopped going there for our fly-ins and started going up north to > either Albany or Salem. I haven't checked it out for a while so I don't > know if it's changed again but other than Sundays it should still be > fine. > All three of these are just off I-5 freeway and easy to spot from the > air. There is only about 90 miles or so from the north one (Salem) to > the South one (Cottage Grove). So you could pick any one of the three > according to the distance on that leg of your trip and how much farther > you wanted to fly before stopping. > Albany has fuel in a truck, the other two are at the pump. You might > check by radio or ahead of time to see what octane fuel is available. > I'm stc'd for mo-gas so I rarely buy fuel at FBO's. (I 'think' Salem and > CG have 80 and 100, not sure what Albany has.) > The Municipal Airport at Eugene has a very nice restaurant and lounge > if you stop overnight, but there isn't a motel close, just accessible by > taxi service. > Farther South is Roseburg, no restaurant 'near' but if you want to walk > a couple of blocks there are two or three. Even farther South is > Medford, I've never been in there but it has airline service so there > might be a restaurant there also. > > Good Luck and have a great 2K mile trip in Y2K. > > Bob Saville > N3396H 415C > Eugene, OR > > __________________________________________________________________________ ______ > To unsubscribe from this list please send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _____________________________________________________________ > Check out the new and improved Topica site! > http://www.topica.com/t/13 __________________________________________________________________________ ______ To unsubscribe from this list please send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] _____________________________________________________________ Check out the new and improved Topica site! http://www.topica.com/t/13
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