Here are the steps to sign up for the trip:

1. Call Kent Porter (1-707-462-8548) to let him know of your intentions to apply.

2. To apply, you must first compete the application form: click here to download the application, print, then complete, scan, and email the form to kentporter@independenttours.net . If you do not know how to scan and email documents, you may mail them to Kent Porter, 1341 Oak Knoll Road, Ukiah, CA 95482

3. Determine how you wish to pay for your first trip payment of $1,350 ($490 of which is non-refundable). You may pay by credit card at no extra charge here, or you may deposit a check directly into our bank account at Wells Fargo Bank, account under the name of Bernard Kent Porter, routing number 121042882, account number 6634451840. Please do not mail checks to us.

4. Complete the other four forms, and, as with the application form, your completed forms should be scanned and emailed to kentporter@independenttours.net . That process can be completed immediately, or a few days later, but no later than one week from the intial application and trip payment. Again, you may mail the completed documents to the above address.

Here are the other four forms, click on each to download:

CST Disclosure

Informed Consent

Medical Form

Trip Agreement Form

5. Once you have completed the five necessary forms and made your first payment, Kent Porter will send a participation confirmation email to you provided that there is still enough space. Please be aware that documents sent by regular mail may result in delayed trip participation confirmation. There will be a trip maximum of 20 paying participants. Signups beyond the first 20 will be placed on a waiting list in priority order as they come in.