DeeKnow’s Grotto

Well we made it, flight was just as unncomfortable as they usually are, got sat next to some phscho woman who looked really nervous, she caused a scene at one point when everyone in our row had to get out of their seats so we could all look for a knitting needle she'd dropped, reckoned she needed to keep here hands busy so we were happy to help out in case she went berserk!!. 

There was another scene a row in front of us when some old bag tried to negotiate a new seat (didnt want to sit next to the mother/baby that we were also freaking about), after about an hour of talking with hostesses she finally got out of our lives. So apart from her and knitting-kneedler there really wasnt much in flight entertainment to speak of. The movies sucked too.

Arrival at LAX involved the usual tedious security checks, but wasnt too bad, everyone seemed less stressed about it than when I was here in 2002, the whole 911 thing has definately died down. We got our shuttle up to Portland after a couple of hours in LA and was amazed at how friggin dry and barren California looked from the air, ugly man, give me wet waikato anytime. Oregon couldnt be any more different to California, it's relatively green, mostly I guess coz its got a couple of decent rivers flowing through it and is surrounded by forested mountains and shit.

Portland is ... really NEEeet, sure, yeah, why not ... actually it really is. Clean and tidy, wicked transport system (as long as you dont ming sharing it with loopies and hoboes), people seemed laid-back and unlike LA you can actually see clear blue skies (not a hint of smog)

8:34:57 AM