RE: time for hinges
They have a very nice field off of Twin lakes Ave that is only about a mile from my step-daughter's house. I was invited to fly there oncve last summer and I thought, "This is great! Now I can bring a plane when my wife wants to spend the weekend with her daughter!"
Then later I was told, rather unceremoniously, that I would have to join the club if I ever wanted to fly there again.
Well, I didn't think it was worth taking advantage of such a generous offer to have a place to fly two or three weekends a year, so I'll pass