[Tom Ore]

We'll be leaving the hotel in a couple of hours to start the journey back to Cedar Falls. Our flight leaves Beijing at around 10:00 am and we arrive in Chicago at around 10:00 am. (13 hour flight, 13 hour time difference.) Get through the airport and a 5 hour drive to Cedar Falls - should be back home around 5:00 pm or so.

It's been another fantastic trip to China - I always enjoy these trips. They've been very well organized, they plan a good mix of workshop time, sightseeing and competition. It's a great chance to make friends we wouldn't meet and spend time with in a traditional FRC event.

It's back to work tomorrow and back to the daily routine - the last two weeks have been an awesome vacation. I'm already looking forward to the next chance we have to come over.