From the homefront!

Hi! This is Irene, still stateside and so very anxious for Team 2 to be on our way on Saturday. Thanks so much for joining us on this adventure. We are hearing wonderful things from Team 1, including that they have been quite busy in their work and may not have had time to contribute to the blog. As we all know, there are always a variety of technical difficulties as well. At any rate, hopefully we will be successful in continuing this information stream throughout the next week. Keep checking in!