I really should have thought twice before calling this the cycledelic journey! Well, for starters I read my itenerary wrong and got to the airport too late and

missed my flight. Fortunately, Delta was able to re-route me through Minneapolis (really on the way huh) to get me to Portland only 3 hrs later than I had hoped. Unfortunately, on the way from Min. to Portland I noticed that the lady accross the isle from me had been gone from her seat for about an hour. The flight attendants found her really sick with FLU LIKE SYMPTOMS in the bathroom. On arrival we were met with all kinds of medical personel and were not allowed to get off the plane untill we had filled out some paper work letting them know how to find us. Fortunately, they finally let us off the plane and for the first time ever I found all the men on the plane in the bathroom washing their hands. Unfortunately, my bag did not arrive with me and is still lost in baggage space. I did get to the hotel a little before the safety course (of course I was the only one of 7 in my van whoose room was not ready.

Pictures: Top left - Bubba; Top Right: Bryan Crute, Ray Parrish, Chris Carr

Well it is really beautiful here in the Columbia River valley. Snow melt is gushing off of the mountains in dozens of water falls.

This is a very colorful and friendly bunch of people we are travelling with. Let me intoduce you to the trip MC who runs the radio and essentially will be trash talking all week (you can find him on the Speed Channel) - Rutledge.