Audience was dead after third full day of being talked to. They were engaged okay and asked good questions, but lifeless on the laugh scale, and I desperately needed the energy as I succumb (I suspect) to a cold. As always, I only give what I get, so my delivery was unusually mumbly-mouthed and full of awkward syntax. Just never located a sweet spot over 75 minutes and 15 Q&A.

Met some great officers, though, and got to see the mammoth new Lewis & Clark Center on the base.