Posible I & I? Ox Ranch, Texas

[shep854]

[Panzermann]

I had not thought about doing this. Seems otherwise to be like a big safari park or zoo or something.

 

 

 

Oh and Nick must make videos about the Leo 1 A4 and A5(BE)!

[TTK Ciar]

Not sure if you're serious, but if so, it'd be my best chance of attending an I&I someday.

[FlyingCanOpener]

We really should do a Gulf Coast I&I that hits Pensacola (Naval Aviation Museum/Ft. Pickens)-Mobile (USS Alabama)-New Orleans (WW2 Museum/Chalmette Battlefield). New Orleans is close to my AO, MCab is from New Orleans, and easy drives for a couple of people. Not to mention it's a little off the beaten path in terms of TankNet stuff and enough cultural things for folks from afar to take in as well.

[sunday]

What would be the best time of year? I mean no scorching weather, and no hurricanes.

[Markus Becker]

Hmm, how's the region at the time of the Oktoberfest? Late September, early October?

[Harold Jones]

Hurricane season

[GregShaw]

Hurricane season

Didn't stop a previous I&I

[Markus Becker]

Hurricane season

That would certainly shake things up.

[Allan W]

October would probably be pretty safe. Problem with March/April is spring break.

[FlyingCanOpener]

What would be the best time of year? I mean no scorching weather, and no hurricanes.

Probably March-April. Still getting cold fronts/storm systems, but they're getting weaker and the days are getting warmer, like 30C/85F max in the day by late April. Have to be after Mardi Gras to be honest (Feb-Early March) because New Orleans becomes even more of a cesspit.

Late October/Early November is usually good as well, but by late November cold fronts are rolling through so weather can be a lottery. It was 80 last week, but the high tomorrow will only be 54, and we're in the middle of about a week of rain systems.

 

I'd always advocate whenever our Spring Break is because I don't need to miss work and go all the way.

[Harold Jones]

Here's the proposed itinerary from the aborted 2017 gulf coast I&I. At least for me it would have been arrive in New Orleans depart home from Orlando.

 

Day 0 Arrive New Orleans

Day 1 WW2 Museum and Battle of New Orleans Battlefied, overnight in Baton Rouge

Day 2 USS Kidd, 10:00-12:00 3 hours to Mobile overnight Mobile

Day 3 USS Alabama 9-1, Fort Morgan 1-4 1 hour to Pensacola overnight in Pensacola

Day 4 Pensacola Naval Aviation Museum 9-2 6 hours to Orlando

Day 5 Kennedy Space flight center 1 hour east of Orlando

Day 6 Depart

[sunday]

 

Here's the proposed itinerary from the aborted 2017 gulf coast I&I. At least for me it would have been arrive in New Orleans depart home from Orlando.

 

Day 0 Arrive New Orleans

Day 1 WW2 Museum and Battle of New Orleans Battlefied, overnight in Baton Rouge

Day 2 USS Kidd, 10:00-12:00 3 hours to Mobile overnight Mobile

Day 3 USS Alabama 9-1, Fort Morgan 1-4 1 hour to Pensacola overnight in Pensacola

Day 4 Pensacola Naval Aviation Museum 9-2 6 hours to Orlando

Day 5 Kennedy Space flight center 1 hour east of Orlando

Day 6 Depart

 

 

Hotels in NO (1d), BR (1d), Mobile (1d), Pensacola (1d), Orlando (2d, probably better near airport)?

Edited November 12, 2018 by sunday

[Markus Becker]

Late October/Early November should work for me. Even though I got last picks for holliday planning.

[shep854]

Hopefully, by then my budget situation will allow participation--for part, anyway.

[DB]

If you're talking March, do you mean 19? Time is already short if so

[Harold Jones]

I think we can assume 2019, but yes if people are thinking of the spring option time is getting a bit short. Either works for me, although late October intrudes on my 25th anniversary and I'm not 100% certain Jami will want to spend it touring the WW2 Museum or the USS Alabama.

[sunday]

Next year Easter falls in the second week of April. Perhaps March 19th still falls into the autumn-winter cheap season for air travel.

I think we can assume 2019, but yes if people are thinking of the spring option time is getting a bit short. Either works for me, although late October intrudes on my 25th anniversary and I'm not 100% certain Jami will want to spend it touring the WW2 Museum or the USS Alabama.

 

Yeah, you are only 99.9999999% certain!

[FlyingCanOpener]

March 19 I'll be on the last leg of a Washington DC/New York class field trip. Around my birthday (22nd October) we have a Fall Break usually in our school calendar that springs me free from work.

[Markus Becker]

 

Yeah, you are only 99.9999999% certain!

Give the man some credit for being brave enough to even consider that.

[Harold Jones]

There are some mitigating circumstances. We are taking a river cruise on the Danube this summer which ticks an anniversary box and she has actually had fun hanging out with the Tanknetters she has met over the years.

[Stargrunt6]

Hmm, how's the region at the time of the Oktoberfest? Late September, early October?

 

Weather is perfect in NOLA during the fall.

 

Hurricane season

 

If we're lucky, things could go post-apocalyptic, which would make for an epic trip. Bring rifle, ammo, MRE's, etc.

[sunday]

 

Hmm, how's the region at the time of the Oktoberfest? Late September, early October?

 

Weather is perfect in NOLA during the fall.

 

Hurricane season

 

If we're lucky, things could go post-apocalyptic, which would make for an epic trip. Bring rifle, ammo, MRE's, etc.

 

 

Have you got any practical experience treating bullet wounds? Just dotting i's and crossing t's...

Edited November 17, 2018 by sunday

[Stargrunt6]

Well... no, but I have done some reading. So make sure to hit your target.

[sunday]

We will need German help, then!