Dayton Hamvention, May 19 - May 21

Just curious, is anyone on the list going to the Dayton Hamvention? I bought two selling spots, one to park, the other for "stuff" :). My expectation is that I'll arrive sometime on Thursday, and of course make sure I am there *early* on Friday morning. Since I expect to be driving straight through (about 42 hours breaks), if anyone is interested in sharing the driving and gas, let me know. My interest there is twofold, 1) find classic computer related stuff, and 2) sell ARDF (Amateur Radio Direction Finding) related stuff along with other "stuff" hams might be interested in. I also expect to take a pop-up canapy for *when* it rains. And if anyone going is not aware; the scroungers are out in full force on Sunday since many of the parking lot vendors just leave behind what they don't want. A friend of mine told me the story that he was out scrounging and another person came to the same spot to scrounge. A third person arrived, and looking through the stuff, asked how much a certain item was. The second person immediately started hawking the stuff :). Another story (I believe is true) is that first, parking is hard to find near Hara Arena. One ingenious soul took their car to the gas station across the street and dropped it off for an oil change. After a day at Hamvention, he then picked it up from the gas station for the price of an oil change :). You might have to have been there to realize that parking could be as far as 1/2 mile from the arena, farther if you park someplace where a shuttle would pick you up. Marvin, KE6HTS