Food at EAA Airventure?

[robert l]

Layer the ice in your cooler with Rock Salt, (used in a churn to make home made ice cream) and you will freeze whatever is in the cooler! Won't make that mistake again !!! I have a mesh back pack I carry cameras, sun screen and a couple of bottles of water in and when I REALLY need cool water, I just buy one from one of the many groups selling it.
Bob

[DaleB]

My son has a big Yeti cooler. It does keep stuff cold and ice intact for a ridiculously long time. It's still an insane price to pay for a cooler.

[dougbush]

I think there is free ice water in a big hospitality tent in the homebuilders area. The water in the white water trailers is surprisingly cold, and from fountains fairly cool.

I have breakfast at my campsite in the North 40, and carry a thermos of coffee into the show, as well as an empty insulated plastic bottle to fill from a fountain later. Lunch is at Aces Bistro or whatever vendor is near me. For supper, if I don't have a group dinner planned, I'll bike to a restaurant northwest of the airport, or if the weather's bad, just eat in my tent.

[Floatsflyer]

There is free ice cold water and lemonade and sometimes ice tea available at the International tent and free water at the C-Plan Canada tent next to it. We'll even give you temporary, honorary Canadian residency to access it, no questions asked, no walls. Also, most exhibitors in the central area have water coolers in their exhibits. Except Icon, they give nothing for free, except unfulfilled promises and expectations.

[Bill Berson]

Ice cold water is nice, but can't stay cold for hours like ice cubes because of the advantage of latent heat of phase change.
I think I might try buying bagged ice at the barn market (if they have it) and take it back to my car and keep it in the cooler for several days. And each morning take about 2-5 pounds in my insulated pouch for the day.
Kind of inconvenient. But if the alternative is not attending at all because of possible extreme heat, it remains an option.

[steve]

I'm usually not thinking about health food when I go to SOS Bros ....



Although the 1/2 a roasted chicken and coupla cold ones sure did go down nice one evening last year.

[robert l]

There is no shortage of cold water at AirVenture. You will see plenty of "Stands" selling water and groups of High School students selling cold water to raise money for one project or another. Yes, it's a big place and it's hot and you will walk a lot but it's not like you're stranded in the desert.
Bob

[Bill Berson]

Sure, they sell water bottles everywhere. The question is: where do they sell 32oz of ice with the water?

The food vendors could sell 2 or 5 pound bags of ice for $1 or $1.50 like this:
http://www.startribune.com/cheapest-...rus/125806743/

[MtnMarcus]

There is free ice cold water and lemonade and sometimes ice tea available at the International tent and free water at the C-Plan Canada tent next to it. We'll even give you temporary, honorary Canadian residency to access it, no questions asked, no walls. Also, most exhibitors in the central area have water coolers in their exhibits. Except Icon, they give nothing for free, except unfulfilled promises and expectations.

Do I have to accept the temporary Canadian residency to access the tent? Not sure I can bring myself to do that?

[DaleB]

The real inconvenience is being tackled, shackled, and strip searched when you try to leave the tent.