[SMCARA] Dayton

[Eric Heard]

Yes the Drury Inn is nice. I stayed at the Extended Stay next to the Drury last year. I checked the price of the Extended Stay for this year at Dayton--A whopping $278 a night. Not worth it! Place is worth about $80. If I was going to pay almost $300 a night, I'd pick the Marriott or Crowne Plaza downtown.!
There are more economical hotels in Dayton,but takes some looking. I have had success with Hampton or Fairfield inn. They do goose the rates over hamvention weekend.

Yes! Do check out the Air Force Museum while out there. 
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"We used to stay at the Drury Inn on I-75, but they jacked the nightly up to over $200, so our new "favorite" is the Quality Inn, just a klik or two up from the Drury and $146 a night. The free happy hour at the Drury wasn't worth over $64 a night! Most hotels in Dayton area goose their rates up for the hamvention weekend, still kind of nasty.

If you can tear yourself away from the flea market and all the new goodies inside the HARA arena, a trip to the USAF Museum at Wright-Patterson AFB is an incredible sight! Very well done (almost as good as the Naval Air Museum in Pensacola!) and a "must see" for aviation nuts.

Tom/OKW"

73 de N3UH, California, MD USA<br>