I'm back in Fort Pierce again tonight. After working late again last night to make sure all equipment was working before my departure, I crawled into a borrowed tent and fell asleep in record time. In stark contrast to being so hot under the blazing sun during the day, I woke up cold and pulled a sheet over me for the last hour. At 7 AM I was up packed, and since there was no breakfast to eat, Dirk and I went over a few last details together. I only had a short time to train him on the GATR, and I needed to give him all the information on it I could before I left. Once you get people used to the kind of high speed connection the GATR provides, you have to make sure you can maintain it, because they won't be happy if something stops working and you don't know how to fix it!

Dirk had told the driver to come pick us up at 8 AM since we needed to be at the airport at 9 AM and it was less than two miles away. Good call on his part, as they were very late and we arrived at the main airport gate after 9 AM. The traffic was jammed in front of the main gate, and there was a large crowd of people. I showed the US military guard my CAC ID and he let us in

Once at the hangar we did a little planning for staffing for the GATR, and I wrote a couple volunteers to start planning their trips. I then went through my duffel and backpack, giving away my hat, Power Bars, Leatherman, mosquito net, water filter, and a few other things that would be useful to people staying on.

I didn't realize how tired I was until I was on the plane, and the flight attendant said, "You look exhausted!" That's when it hit me, and I realized I could finally let down after four days of non-stop activity. My effort was a drop in the bucket as far as what needs to be done to help the people of Haiti. Working together, we will all make a difference, one day at a time.