Cold Shoulder?
Let me defend Joe O for a minute here:
This was a rather impromptu chance opportunity, as Joe had attended a fundraiser and was able to pin Paul Sr down and ask whether he would be open to a visit from our Viper Club.
From what I understand, the first invite brought about a dozen Snakes over there... but Paul had forgotten about the appointment, and all left rather frustrated. Joe O got back on the phone and was able to get them to promise that they would, in fact, be available for Saturday... and that's when Joe opened up the invitation to all.
Amazingly, over 70 Vipers and over 120 enthusiastic people were in attendance, making it all but impossible to have a more "personal" tour or Q&A session. My guess is that they figured that they would have the same 12 or so Vipers show up.
All in all, they were very patient with the Photo session that left me with worn out fingers from volunteering to be the "offical cameraman" as everyone lined up for pics.
Could it have been any better? The only way would have been to ask them for a full day of tour and Q&A... and my guess is with their schedule (and TV shoots) that would be a VERY expensive proposition.
Heck, it was worth it just for the fantastic drive up with 70 Snake Slithering up I87!
Thanks Again Joe!