<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> Mark your Calendars for June 4, 5, and 6, 2004 Come to Portland, Oregon for the Gluten Intolerance Group's (GIG) Annual Education Conference. Enjoy the beautiful Rose City. If you plan your vacation right, you may take in some of the Rose Festival Activities. Portland is a fabulous city and is rated as one of - The 10 Greatest Places to Live, by Outside magazine and getting around the city is quite easy. Check out how convenient it is to get around Portland by going to the following website http://www.portlandonline.com/, and click on Visiting. Check out all of the subgroups there for great information, i.e. Parks, Transportation, Tourism, etc. Transportation from Portland International Airport to downtown Portland is a breeze with the Airport Max Light Rail Red Line, taxis, hotel courtesy vans, shuttles, executive cars and rental cars. Are you a bicycle rider? An easy way to see Portland is on two wheels. Good choice, according to Bicycling magazine, which recently ranked Portland the United States' top cycling city two years running. See the fabulous boats in the harbors, the many bridges in the city, and much, much more. Take river boat cruises; tour the many gardens, go shopping and more shopping. See the mountains and note that Mt. St. Helens volcano is nearby for tours. Wind surfing on the Columbia River is not far away. Parks and more parks -- one of the city's main bragging points -- is its parks. The Portland area is home to an unrivaled number of open spaces (37,000 acres to be exact). Even in the heart of downtown, you're sure to see more green than gray as you invariably stumble across grassy oases. Portland's parks also boast an incredible range in size, from the 5,000 acre Forest Park, America's largest urban wilderness; to tiny 24-inch Mill Ends Park - one visitor at a time, please. The gardens should be beautiful at this time of year, as it is Rose Festival time. Portland has a floral parade that is quite outstanding. Long recognized as a fisherman's haven, the Pacific Northwest is rich with steelhead, trout and sturgeon. Here, when local's brag of catching a 30-pound sturgeon...chances are, they're not fibbing. Please keep these dates available. More details about GIG's Annual Education Conference and program will be coming out soon. Mark and save June 4 through 6, 2004 and come see all of us in Portland, Oregon. Nancy Kloberdanz Conference Co-Chair *Support summarization of posts, reply to the SENDER not the CELIAC List*