TheSamba.com :: View topic - 2014 Type 3 Invasion! June 19-22, 2014, Fairport NY.

Tue Jul 08, 2014 8:27 am

,,,,, Enjoy, the side signals are for Pedro.

Tue Jul 08, 2014 8:53 am

Bobnotch wrote: By the way, does anyone know who owns the Sea Blue T-34 that was at the show? Just curious if they were a member here or not.

Those are some great pix - Thanx eyetzr!
Yes, that sweet ride belongs to Mike Shay. He lives here in Rochester, and it was only last year that I met him and his wife. I don't believe he spends much time online, as I had to email him to remind him the Invasion was in his back yard! :shock: :lol:
His ride is just as sweet in person as the pictures show! 8) 8) 8)

Tue Jul 08, 2014 7:04 pm

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Tue Jul 08, 2014 7:05 pm

I was hoping he was going to be there longer than like 30 minutes.
I didn't get a chance to check it out really. :(

Sun Jul 13, 2014 2:38 pm

Muthashabubu wrote: I was hoping he was going to be there longer than like 30 minutes.
I didn't get a chance to check it out really. :(

He had a BBQ party going on AT HIS HOME that very same day, so the fact that he came out to us AT ALL was a surprise to us! :shock:

Sun Jul 13, 2014 2:56 pm

Hello All. Here's the video that my buddy and his wife shot for us along our caravan route to Watkins Glen.
Unfortunately - The first video recording along the roadside was a bit out of focus, which is really too bad because it was an excellent camera position.
The second part is where his wife was up on an overhead bridge, just a little further down the road. I didn't even know she was doing that until I phoned him right before we arrived in his town!

Anyway, here they are. Enjoy!

Mon Jul 14, 2014 1:24 pm

Thanks Dave. That was fun =D>

Mon Jul 14, 2014 10:19 pm

The 2014 Invasion was a huge success! I think all of the Invaders that made it had a great time. It was great seeing old friends and making new ones. Our local hosts, Dave and Gail Pallo, did an outstanding job with all the arrangements. They have really raised the bar for future hosts. Thanks again Dave and Gail for everything. Also, thanks to all of you for helping raise approx. $600 for the Rochester Ronald McDonald House. Great job!

As we start to make plans for the 2016 Invasion (location TBD), I would love to hear some feedback from those that made it to the Invasion and from those that planned to but couldn't for various reasons.

What did we do well?

What could we have done better?

What information would have been helpful before the Invasion?

Is the website helpful?

Would more email communications be better?

What information would have been helpful during the Invasion?

What did we forget?

What did you think of the cater dinner idea?

What would you like to see in future Tech Sessions?

Any and all feedback is welcome. We will use it to make future Invasions better. Thanks in advance for the feedback and thanks again for making the 2014 Invasion a huge success. We look forward to 2016!

Tue Jul 15, 2014 11:35 am

jaransonT3 wrote: The 2014 Invasion was a huge success! I think all of the Invaders that made it had a great time. It was great seeing old friends and making new ones. Our local hosts, Dave and Gail Pallo, did an outstanding job with all the arrangements. They have really raised the bar for future hosts. Thanks again Dave and Gail for everything. Also, thanks to all of you for helping raise approx. $600 for the Rochester Ronald McDonald House. Great job!

As we start to make plans for the 2016 Invasion (location TBD), I would love to hear some feedback from those that made it to the Invasion and from those that planned to but couldn't for various reasons.

What did we do well?

What could we have done better?

What information would have been helpful before the Invasion?

Is the website helpful?

Would more email communications be better?

What information would have been helpful during the Invasion?

What did we forget?

What did you think of the cater dinner idea?

What would you like to see in future Tech Sessions?

Any and all feedback is welcome. We will use it to make future Invasions better. Thanks in advance for the feedback and thanks again for making the 2014 Invasion a huge success. We look forward to 2016!

Out of that entire list, I'd like to see another carbon fiber tech session. That was so informative, being able to watch and participate during the first one. :twisted:

Tue Jul 15, 2014 12:34 pm

as this was my first Invasion, let me start by saying our hosts did a great job, location, hotel, activities. So: 1) everything was perfect. 2) See #1. 3) Info was spot on. 4) website worked well, and updated frequently. 5) I do not need more email & I checked the site regularly. 6) Maybe add a notice board in the hotel lobby as to inform what time the ice cream run is. 7) we forgot to get everyone in the group shot, maybe do the group shot 1st day (nit picking now) 8) on site dinner was a great idea. 9) tech sessions were good, the issue would be getting the bits together to do more involved items. That is all I got, now back to my car. Cheers

Wed Jul 16, 2014 7:38 pm

Thanx for the feedback and the praise, eyetzr! As far as the ice cream notice – that was just an impromptu suggestion from one to another in the parking lot, and then another, and then another, and then most everyone wanted ice cream! I think it was a big hit – maybe we should include an ice cream run into all future Invasions 8) :D

Wed Jul 16, 2014 10:43 pm

We even did ice cream in the eye-duh-hoe desert!

Sat Jul 19, 2014 1:55 pm

Hello All.
Here's the video my buddy took on Invasion Saturday with his quadcopter.
Good Stuff! 8) 8) 8) Or click on the link below to go right to the video on Vimeo!

Sat Jul 19, 2014 3:45 pm

Awesome!!!

That is so cool Dave. Please thank your RC buddy for doing that. Way way cool!

I think we need to try to include that in all future Invasions. There you go...raising the bar again for future hosts. LOL

Sat Jul 19, 2014 4:09 pm

LOL - Thanx John!
Actually..... I too am into piloting quadcopters and recording videos. My buddy has more video recording experience than I do, so I asked him to do this one for us. He did a great job! :D

Hopefully I'll progress as good as he did and I'll be able to record this sky view video at our future Invasions! 8)

Sat Jul 19, 2014 6:21 pm

Thanks for sharing that cool vid!

Wed Dec 24, 2014 11:08 pm

Merry Christmas to all you Invaders!!!

I meant to post last week, but it is now only 18 months until the next Invasion!!!

Any ideas on locations yet?

Thu Dec 25, 2014 8:20 am

Yes - Merry Christmas to all our Invaders!!!

Actually, We do have the next Invasion in the works - It'll be in Arizona!

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=600991

18 months isn't really that far away 8)

Sat Dec 27, 2014 10:48 pm

Wow!
That thread has been going since a month after the Invasion?
Where the heck was I?!?!

Thanks for the link!

Fri Jan 02, 2015 9:21 am

RAIDER SS wrote: Hello All. Here's the video that my buddy and his wife shot for us along our caravan route to Watkins Glen.
Unfortunately - The first video recording along the roadside was a bit out of focus, which is really too bad because it was an excellent camera position.
The second part is where his wife was up on an overhead bridge, just a little further down the road. I didn't even know she was doing that until I phoned him right before we arrived in his town!

Anyway, here they are. Enjoy!

An awesome video, buddies! Nice to see you guys on this monumental run!