June 25^th, 10:30pm

After breakfast, we boat to Asor to garden.  We (lots of awesome ladies and us!) planted 105 sweet potato cuttings!  In the ground… in the sun's beating heat.  Felt good!  We soak in the ocean for a bit before going to make lunch at Laurie’s house (the woman with the awesome garden and awesome sense of humor).  Then we depart Asor and hear to our last site in the lagoon – not for data collection, but to see the old WWII wreckage that lies at the bottom, where a ship carrying amphibious vehicles sank.  Dolphins leap nearby.  These strange man-made objects sit perfectly visible, 30 to 60 feet below.  The surface is a shimmering cloud of silversides.  Everything is so beautiful and blue and open.  Sharks cruise the bottom, over the rusted structures.  This is perfect.

We return to Falalop and cleanup our lodge home (organized chaos).  The Ulithi kids are barbecuing in some shade down by the beach and the smell is enticing.  The peachy rays of sunset approach and we all meander around the shore, just soaking it in.  That night at dinner, with so much of the community present, we made the very best of our last night.  It was the tearjerking speechfest we all hoped it would be.  It really was the best.  And the barbecue was delicious.