Now what the heck was I gonna do? I checked my phone again and saw that it was about 3:30am. I decided that I wasn't going to get much accomplished while it was dark out, so I climbed back into the plane, closed the doors and locked them, and went back to sleep. Hindsight, had I been thinking clearly, I would have forced myself to stay awake, in case of concussion. Thankfully, I hadn't gotten one (I found out later), and was in no real danger.

I awoke to the sun rising up over the palm trees, and some birds singing somewhere in the distance. I made my way out...