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Hi all, Thanks for all the friendship and hospitality Anne and I were given while in the USA, and particular thanks to Ron, Keith, Jim, John and others who made sure the Hershey Invasion went really well. The show was a great opportunity to put a few more faces to names, and I think we all learned more about Type 3s, whether through the excellent technical sessions or by talking and looking at the cars. I don't think I was alone in wanting to take the Witness Squareback home, clean it up and restore it to how it looked in the film! It was great to meet up with some of the Parma gang, but a pity you others couldn't make it this time. I'll get some pages of photos up on the website over the next few days, and look forward to being able to get a copy of the video if one becomes available. Anyone know what happened to the program on 'passions' that was being filmed for at Parma? I've never planned a holiday in more detail than this one, or got closer to achieving all the things I hoped. Everything seemed to go to plan, with lots to see and do in New England, some very comfortable B&B accommodation, and comforting police presence in Boston (our visit coincided with the Democrats Convention). I even got the handbrake cables thanks to Dave and Keith, and the self-darkening welding mask thanks to Harbor Freight, though the X-ray guys at Newark did find the X-ray picture puzzling enough to take a look inside - they removed the bag-tie securing the zips and left their calling card to apologise for breaking the lock! I guess the VW Tee-shirts gave it all away when they did look. Luckily they didn't use a controlled explosion to check the tins of Hershey chocolates weren't land mines. ;-) The return flight went well, but take-off was delayed by a thunderstorm at Newark Liberty Airport, which left too little time to catch our connection at Amsterdam, so we had a 6-hour wait there and flew to Bristol on a propellor aircraft (Fokker 50). It looked slightly newer than the Smithsonian exhibits at Washington (great place to visit if you get a chance). The cloud even cleared enough to see our house from the air during long finals. No promises but Brian and Shannon have been working hard on Anne for the next Invasion, so it's not out of the question. It may depend on how Steve, our youngest, reports on his current west-coast USA tour - it's looked pretty hot there on the weather channel, but no storms, tornados, floods or hurricanes like other places have got. The B&B we stayed at for the Invasion was just 500 feet from the line of a tornado two weeks before our visit! Having spent a while trying to find other good things to watch, I now understand better why it's the only broadcast TV Keith seems to watch much. ;-) Thanks again everyone, Dave and Anne. UK VW Type 3 & 4 Club http://www.hallvw.clara.co.uk/ ------ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Shameless link for search engines: http://listarchive.type3.org ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~