Sunday, October 12, 2008

Day 25, 10.12.08

Hi Team,

Ground Team Ike has certainly gone through quite a few shift changes, but I'm glad to say it feels good to be back on the crew. The current crew is formed by Jane Montoya (Can anyone really believe she's been out here for the whole time minus just one short weekend? What a trooper!), Kevin Corbett and myself, Laura Parewski.

Today has been like most other days in this journey. Not in the sense that we set up the computer lab and were focused to help people, but that we were reminded that we need to be flexible and creative doing seemingly simple tasks. In our attempts to drop of the U-haul trailer, find someplace for Stella to rest on her final night in Texas, and dispose of some leftovers in the fridge, we learned that anything that seems easy usually won't work out, the shortest route from A to B isn't necessarily the best for a 34-foot RV with a trailer (although I do have to say Kevin is handling Stella pretty well, being the only male on this all female crew) and Clorox wipes and Febreeze are two necessary items to have on board.

Tomorrow we're on the road again. I hope Kevin had time to have a little chat with Patricia in North Carolina about what it takes to drive this RV halfway across the country; I'm sure she had some good pointers to share and I have no doubt Kevin will be able to bring us home safely.

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