Sounds like a different experience than mine. Yes, it was windy, a little rainy, and a tad cold in the mornings and evenings.
In terms of pricing, if you want a $500,000 or $1,000,000 overlanding rig, that show can hook you up. On the flip side, there were a lot of vendors there that sold unique products you won't see in person outside of a show like this.
You don't have to buy a $100,000 or $40,000 expo trailer to overland either.
If a $300 ammo can "fire pit" is your thing, have fun. Myself, I was there for other things. Specifically a Prinsu rack and some sort of bed rack. The socializing in the camping area made the wind, light rain, cold weather seem not so bad in my case.
Any yes, one of my camp mates had an Ineos and an Airstream trailer, another had a mid-size AT4 pickup with a 23Zero SWAG, while others had RTT, while I was in a Taxa Tiger Moth.
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As mentioned above, show floor layout was bad with poor aisle markings and maps to find things that were worthless. Show organization was bad. Camping was a long ways away from the show as well.
I get inflation, and general high costs in an area like Flagstaff, but the show was over priced IMHO for people camping at the show. YMMV.
