Leaving Town - It is always amazing the number of pieces that have to come together to get out of town … and equally amazing that each time we pull it off and get on the road. This time heading toward Flagstaff. This is not a particularly long drive, but gives us an opportunity to get our road legs under us and to potentially trouble shoot any problems that might emerge.
We stayed the night in the Flagstaff KOA, despite having sworn to ourselves that we would not do it again. Bonito Campground, our favorite campground near Sunset Crater, was not open due to the impact of the Tunnel Fire and the flooding that has occurred in the burn area during this monsoon season. Our second choice, JH Campground, was not available, even though we pulled out the name of our friends, Jim and Kathy, who are well known to the owners of the campground. So, back at Flagstaff KOA we went …
It was dismaying to again have such tight quarters on such uneven, not level, campsites at a high price. We were near the bounce pad for kids and as I walked Coco, I saw parents driving their kids to the bounce pad and dropping them off. I also saw people driving themselves and their dogs to the dog park. Something seemed so wrong to drive kids in a campground to a play area … something seemed wrong to drive dogs to a dog park to get exercise. However, Paul had a more compassionate take on it all and suggested that perhaps the dog owners had mobility concerns … three cheers for compassion!
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