The day after graduation, Fernando, Thomas, and I drove over to Thomas' apartment to finish packing up his stuff, do some last-minute cleaning, and get moving on to Thomas' destination.
After packing most everything, we met up with an old Navy buddy of Fernando's, and went out to eat, us two couples and Thomas.
Then it was back to the apartment, finish up, and take off.
Goodbye, Orlando!
Typical scene as we drove north then west through the Florida panhandle.
Driving west along the Gulf through Louisiana.
Time to gas up and clean off the bugs.
Up and over the bridge, then more driving along the Gulf...
In the wake of Hurricane Harvey a week earlier, much of the low-lying areas looked like this...
More aftermath of Hurricane Harvey.
Finally, we drove into Texas!
There's a reason the houses down here are built on stilts.
Pumps were pushing out the floodwaters from the oil refineries and other areas.
On and on, and finally into the setting Texas sun, we drove what seemed like forever. The sunset was beautiful, even through the front windshield of Thomas' car.
Late that night, we reached a new place, a place of beginning for Thomas. A place of hello and goodbye, a place of promise and hope, and newness.
Back to life,
Christine
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