A Flu Favor...
Usually, “flu” is a dreaded word. However, a flu fluke found a fine campsite Friday. We woke up early in the Douglas Visitor Center parking lot. We had a full agenda for spending Friday in Douglas, including a walking visit to Agua Prieta in Sonora, Mexico.
After 6 AM morning coffee Mickey D's, we went to Wally World for some shopping. As we walked into Wally, the headline screamed: FLU HITS COUNTY
Naturally, seeing the headline and reading the story sent a streak of flu fear through our nerves. The story indicated the flu in Cochise County was so widesread that the county's flu cases catapulted Arizona to the top of the US list of states hit by the flu. Getting the flu is bad enough but getting the flu on a Road Trip is exponentially worst than getting the flu at home.
We immediately canceled our cross border walk and began looking warily for anyone coughing or sneezing. We decided to skee-daddle out of Douglas ASAP Friday morning. And that's why we arrived so early at the Cave Creek Visitor Center. The volunteers there told us to hurry to Sunny Flat campground as there “might” be one spot left. Luckily, the volunteers were correct—Site #6 was open and we snagged it right away. Within mere minutes another camper drove through Sunny Flat looking for an open spot. That's how close we came to coming up empty handed in the Friday scramble for a campsite.
Without doubt, we would not have left Douglas so early if we had not read the scary headline. And, so there ya go, that's how the flu did us a huge favor.
Usually, “flu” is a dreaded word. However, a flu fluke found a fine campsite Friday. We woke up early in the Douglas Visitor Center parking lot. We had a full agenda for spending Friday in Douglas, including a walking visit to Agua Prieta in Sonora, Mexico.
After 6 AM morning coffee Mickey D's, we went to Wally World for some shopping. As we walked into Wally, the headline screamed: FLU HITS COUNTY
Naturally, seeing the headline and reading the story sent a streak of flu fear through our nerves. The story indicated the flu in Cochise County was so widesread that the county's flu cases catapulted Arizona to the top of the US list of states hit by the flu. Getting the flu is bad enough but getting the flu on a Road Trip is exponentially worst than getting the flu at home.
We immediately canceled our cross border walk and began looking warily for anyone coughing or sneezing. We decided to skee-daddle out of Douglas ASAP Friday morning. And that's why we arrived so early at the Cave Creek Visitor Center. The volunteers there told us to hurry to Sunny Flat campground as there “might” be one spot left. Luckily, the volunteers were correct—Site #6 was open and we snagged it right away. Within mere minutes another camper drove through Sunny Flat looking for an open spot. That's how close we came to coming up empty handed in the Friday scramble for a campsite.
Without doubt, we would not have left Douglas so early if we had not read the scary headline. And, so there ya go, that's how the flu did us a huge favor.
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