Encampment: Winter 2010-2011

[DBlair]

1000 miles to Kansas,
Atlanta-Tyndall 300 miles
Temperature in Salinas in December/January High 29/Low 19
Temperature at Tyndall 62/43
Airfare: ATL/ Kansas City (couldn't find a connection ATL/SLN) $279
Gas: ATL to Tyndall and return $85

Sounds like Tyndall is your best bet!

Well, it looks like I'll be seeing you at Tyndall this winter...

[a2capt]

Kansas is really fun

[CAPC/officer125]

Kansas is really fun

Not to mention, a handful of CAP Talker will be there.
Really it is a lot of fun, I have gone to '05, '06, '07, '09 and now '10. We do a bunch of things and it is worth it.

[DBlair]

Kansas is really fun

Not to mention, a handful of CAP Talker will be there.
Really it is a lot of fun, I have gone to '05, '06, '07, '09 and now '10. We do a bunch of things and it is worth it.

As a point of discussion... The same can be said for FLWG Encampment.

[HGjunkie]

As a point of discussion... The same can be said for FLWG Encampment.

I second this. 

[MSG Mac]

Just the 35 degree temperature difference would send me to the Florida Encampment

[HGjunkie]

It still gets cold at Tyndall during the winter, I would definetly reccomend bringing gloves. I forgot to take some last year and that + being guidon bearer sucked...

[AirAux]

Many years ago, I saw a picture in Life or Post magazine that showed a young man that decided to walk to his girlfriend's house and a blizzard caught him and the picture was of him frozen to death, stuck on a barbed wire fence..  I will never forget that.  Yes, Kansas is a lovely place, but it can be deadly in the winter.  And the wind always blows, average 15 mph.  I was in CAP there, era, 1970 and our squadron put an L-19 down in a cornfield.  I was out of Topeka..  And before you mention hurricanes in Florida, don't forget Kansas has some pretty nasty tornadoes.  Truthfully, I would head to Florida, JMHO as usual..

[CAPC/officer125]

Many years ago, I saw a picture in Life or Post magazine that showed a young man that decided to walk to his girlfriend's house and a blizzard caught him and the picture was of him frozen to death, stuck on a barbed wire fence..  I will never forget that.  Yes, Kansas is a lovely place, but it can be deadly in the winter.  And the wind always blows, average 15 mph.  I was in CAP there, era, 1970 and our squadron put an L-19 down in a cornfield.  I was out of Topeka..  And before you mention hurricanes in Florida, don't forget Kansas has some pretty nasty tornadoes.  Truthfully, I would head to Florida, JMHO as usual..

We don't do anything like that. All of the facilities we use are within an eighth of a mile of each other. If it is too cold for the cadets to march or double time between buildings, we have vans to take them. When we go places, we have vans. And the packing list includes a field jacket and gloves. If the cadet doesn't have a field jacket they can bring their own winter coat. If they show up without gloves, we go get them for them. I admit the weather is not the greatest but we take precautions to make sure the cadets are taken care of and not in danger of getting sick or hurt.

[addo1]

Update for the Texas Wing Winter Encampment:

The Texas Wing Winter Encampment will be held December 26-31, 2010 at Camp Swift, Bastrop, Texas. The executive staff have been announced and the remaining cadet staff will be announced shortly. Basic, ATS, and senior staff applications are due November 15.

[MSG Mac]

It still gets cold at Tyndall during the winter, I would definetly reccomend bringing gloves. I forgot to take some last year and that + being guidon bearer sucked...

62 degrees is cool, 29 degrees is below freezing.
cool means wear a jacket, 29 degrees means wear a parka.
Kansas in winter= snow, Florida in winter= rain

[davidsinn]

29 degrees means wear a parka.

That's hoodie weather. 

[DBlair]

29 degrees means wear a parka.

That's hoodie weather. 

To many people in FL, 70 degrees is hoodie weather. hehe