July 31, 2011 – We set off for Portland early in the morning, sans Ivi. Her most excellent friend Rachel drove into town the night before after completing music camp in the Wallowas. After a night of seemingly mostly talk and laughter, the two girls proceeded independently to Rachel’s home near Lebanon, awaiting a rendezvous with the rest of us the next day when we were to reach Corvallis and OSU via Portland.