HE WAS HIRED BY 30 SETTLERS TO LEAD A WAGON TRAIN EXPEDITION FROM PHILADELPHIA TO CALIFORNIA. ON THE FOURTEENTH NIGHT, WORD HAS IT, THEY WERE SITTING AROUND THE CAMPFIRE. AND BLAINE SAID, "DO YOU SMELL IT? DO YOU SMELL THE SALT IN THE AIR?" HE SAID, "WE'RE HERE. I'VE BROUGHT YOU TO CALIFORNIA." THERE WAS A BIG PARTY THAT NIGHT. NEXT MORNING THEY GOT UP. THEY DIDN'T SEE THE OCEAN, BECAUSE THEY WERE IN MISSOURI. UH, BLAINE WAS ABLE TO CONVINCE THEM FOR A LITTLE WHILE THAT IT WAS JUST LOW TIDE AND THINGS BUT HE HAD MADE SOME MISTAKES: BAD WEATHER, WASN'T FAMILIAR WITH THE PROPER ROUTE. BUT EVERYBODY WAS HAPPY WHERE THEY WERE. THEY SAID, "IT'S OKAY WE DIDN'T MAKE IT TO CALIFORNIA. WE'LL STAY HERE."