Back in Immokalee, it was only a matter of time before our dedicated team of participants filled the vehicles with all the necessary energy and equipment for the 2005 Taco Bell Truth Tour.

One by one, CIW members boarded the bus, eagerly anticipating the long journey ahead.

Before the farmworkers rolled out of Immokalee, the tour caravan gathered outside of Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church, where Father Hector Rubin came aboard to extend his blessings for the trip.

After two short hours on the road, we stopped in Venice, FL, for what has become a Truth Tour tradition, breakfast and official send-off from long-time supporter Bishop John Nevins of the Diocese of Venice and the Knights of Columbus, Council #7052.

When breakfast was finished, it was time to bid a quick farewell as the two tours parted ways -- the East tour to Atlanta and the West tour to Tallahassee. The tours won't reunite until Saturday evening when both buses arrive in Louisville, Kentucky, home of Yum Brands and the March 12th National Convergence for Farmworker Justice.

The West tour's six-hour journey to the Florida panhandle provided time for both business...

...diversion...

...and a little bit of both. (Here, workers practice their newly acquired interviewing and recording skills courtesy of Andrew Stelzer of Pacifica Radio in Tampa)

Upon arrival at Florida State University in Tallahassee, farmworkers brought their message to the student body at a powerful and sunny afternoon rally.