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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Day 4 – Saturday June 22<sup>nd</sup> continued…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">As I mentioned in my previous post, Bicentennial Park was a beautiful site for the Invasion. Here are a few “glamour” shots of Sophy and the Ghia on-site…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="https://www.carartbyjohn.com/2024Invasion/2024InvasionWebPhotos/2024Invasion%20-%20115.jpeg">https://www.carartbyjohn.com/2024Invasion/2024InvasionWebPhotos/2024Invasion%20-%20115.jpeg</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="https://www.carartbyjohn.com/2024Invasion/2024InvasionWebPhotos/2024Invasion%20-%20121.jpeg">https://www.carartbyjohn.com/2024Invasion/2024InvasionWebPhotos/2024Invasion%20-%20121.jpeg</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">and the real reason we get us together every other year…the Invaders. Lots of new faces/friends.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="https://www.carartbyjohn.com/2024Invasion/2024InvasionWebPhotos/2024Invasion%20-%20129.jpeg">https://www.carartbyjohn.com/2024Invasion/2024InvasionWebPhotos/2024Invasion%20-%20129.jpeg</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Of course we love to see the cars also…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="https://www.carartbyjohn.com/2024Invasion/2024InvasionWebPhotos/2024Invasion%20-%20133.jpeg">https://www.carartbyjohn.com/2024Invasion/2024InvasionWebPhotos/2024Invasion%20-%20133.jpeg</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">After spending the day at the park, we all headed to the War Cannon Spirits Restaurant for our traditional Saturday dinner and handing out the awards, etc. We had a private room upstairs and a buffet style
dinner. The staff and food was excellent and a good time was had by all. By my count, we had 45 Invaders attend the dinner. We had an almost uninterrupted cruise out to the dinner as well. Hope the link to the video works….<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/xF22YqeOOis?feature=share">https://youtube.com/shorts/xF22YqeOOis?feature=share</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="https://www.carartbyjohn.com/2024Invasion/2024InvasionWebPhotos/2024Invasion%20-%20138.jpeg">https://www.carartbyjohn.com/2024Invasion/2024InvasionWebPhotos/2024Invasion%20-%20138.jpeg</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">After dinner, it was back to the host hotel for more story telling and hanging out.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Day 5 – Sunday June 23<sup>rd</sup><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Sundays at the Invasion are always a bit lower key and this one was no exception. A little later start at the park and fewer cars returning. No new Invaders or cars, but still had over a dozen folks come
by and hang out until lunch time and then some folks started the journey home. A few of us were hanging around until Monday so it was another great time hanging out at the host hotel and some of the local restaurants including a run over the Windchill Factory
for dinner and ice cream.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I even got a chance to paint up Henry’s ammo box trashcan while we sat around at the hotel.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Monday starts our drive home….detailed in the next post.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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