May 19th - Hank: St. Petersburg, FL, to Orange, CA

​Hank rose at 4:30 am to shower and pack for the airport. Angie rose at 5:00 to drive Hank to the airport. The dogs eagerly jumped in the truck to accompany us. They will NOT be left behind.

After a 30-minute delay on the plane at the departure gate while maintenance cleared an engine warning light, we took off for Orange. Madeline doesn't like to drive on the freeway, so Hank took an Uber to her apartment. The whole area was abloom with purple flowers on the trees. I later learned that these are called Jacaranda trees, which bloom each Spring and Fall.

​Madeline was already mostly packed, so it didn't take much for us to finish up together. We made a run to the storage locker that Mad had rented with her roommates for next year. Then we went out for dinner at a Middle Eastern restaurant. It was cool, so we sat inside. We had hard rain overnight.