Post #222419 by kick_the_reverb on Wed, Mar 22, 2006 11:22 AM

Still recovering from this whirlwind tour, but a few quick notes:
A very big thank you to my travel partner - thejab, without him I would have done much less. His knowledge of things cool, and his superior technological gadgets (PDA vs. a bunch of pages printed from mapquest for example) has made this trip much more enjoyable. Plus, sharing the costs has made it only half "brother can you spare a dime" inducing in its financial effects.

Even a bigger thank you for our Seattle and Portland Ohana, who took care of us, showed us around, and made our visit even more fun than expected. It was great reuniting with Selektor Lopaka, Puamana, Dogbytes and Mr. Bytes, and to finally meet Woofmutt and Sweatpea in Seattle, and I think almost the entire Portland crew. Woofmutt was in a dangerous and strange situation when we first met - two worlds colliding , but he survived to tell the tale the next morning. Sweatpea had to leave before the main event at the Funhouse, and that was too bad, but being that she had hungry nagging mouths to feed the morning after, it was understandable. The Portland crew joined us at the Alibi where I learned about their unique relationship with the owner and their contribution to keeping the place as much authentic as possible. Good job. Being the party animals that they are, the also joined us for the show at the Doug Fir, and I don't think they regretted it. We were looking for room parties afterward, but wisely went to sleep at around 1:30 or 2:00, because the next day was a whirlwind tour of Portland with thejab and Katie(sp?), and then later joined by Maori_man and Mrs Maori man (don't remember if she has a TC handle).

Thanks everyone, wish I could do the NWTiki KOn, but doesn't seem like it.
Maybe sometimes in 2007?

Ran