The Oregon Trail...

-97-

After opting not to ford any rivers, easily saving approximately 562 lbs of food and the lives of my oxen and wagon team members, the Oregon trail has safely delivered Ellen & me to the left coast! Well, actually I've been here for about 2 months now, but it still feels like I'm the new guy in town. At the moment, I'm working in the consulting arm of the wind energy industry. Basically, I'm the guy who helps wind farm developers estimate each site's potential to generate electricity based on a bunch of factors like wind speed, type of wind turbine model, etc, etc. I'm totally enjoying the job and the atmosphere out here in Portland, Oregon. I even had an opportunity to visit THE Kirk & Kim Strohman down in Eugene where we found a fantastic place to drink beers together! It's nice to know that there's a little Buckeye/Sphinx love just an hour away from me.

Anyway, I thought I'd send along my regards to everyone....My new address here in Portland is:

Dan Jaynes
1535 SW Clay St.
#234
Portland, OR 97201
614-264-5454 (I'm still hanging on to my old 614 number!)

I've noticed that an awful lot of us have moved recently, so if you haven't sent around you new contact info, then please do so! Also, I just discovered that I actually did get football tickets for a game this year, next week's game versus Wisconsin, so if anyone is going to be around, then gimme a call and we'll get together for some beers!

*jammers

Ps- Please say hi to my new dog Nolan. Named after the lovely Mikal Eversole Nolan. Not really, but if I were slightly more creepy, this could be the case. He's an Australian Cattle dog that Ellen and I found at the humane society last week. He's crazy and he makes things very interesting around the homestead....Come on out and meet him next time you're out in the pacific NW area!