Oh, I agree. I work in the TV biz and there's no way you can do all that needs to be done at the last minute. I'm still impressed though that they've managed to do this for ten years now with only one major hiccup (they missed a location back in 1999 due to bad weather and difficulties getting to the area).

And obviously having preset teams makes changing up the schedule easier, as they've had to do this year. Based on what folks have been tweeting, producers show up to the location at least a week in advance and the correspondents have been getting in about 4-5 days ahead of time. I'm sure other staff get out there even earlier then that.

I can't wait to see where they end up tomorrow.