We left for Key West on Wednesday, stopping in Ft. Myers for a night to break up the drive. That night, I had a slight tickle in my throat at bedtime. The next morning, I woke up feeling AWFUL. It hit me so fast!
We were supposed to take the ferry down but we learned they don’t have enough seats for all passengers inside and we didn’t want to take the chance of being forced to sit outside in the frigid cold for five hours. Good thing, too, because I didn’t realize at the time that I was burning up with fever.
I bundled my pillow and big, furry robe into the back seat of the SUV. I tried working on my laptop for awhile but my head was pounding and my eyes were burning and watering. I ended up sleeping in the back seat for most of the drive, missing the miles and miles of beautiful, aqua blue water on both sides of the highway. It’s one of my favorite drives but I was so sick I didn’t care. I just wanted to get to the hotel, and go to bed.
When we arrived, that’s just what I did. That night, I had horrible chills and I couldn’t eat anything. I was coughing like crazy and my fever was making me hurt all over. Richard bought Mucinex and that helped, but never got my temperature back down to normal. I was downing cough drops one after another, and couldn’t sleep for more than a few minutes at a time.
And, that all lasted until the day before we were scheduled to leave. The flu didn’t ruin our vacation. It just changed it up quite a bit. I did have a few days of complete bed rest and I watched a ton of mindless TV.
We left on Tuesday (a day late) and I got these photos of hurricane damage on the way back.
50 – Foot sailboat that WASHED into a backyard!
This boat is clearly too big to have been dragged over the seawall and into this yard. This shows how high the water got in the upper keys.
Every several miles, we saw salvaged boats piled up. Many had barnacles all over them, indicating that they had totally sunk.
We didn’t get to see enough of Chris and Stan while we were there so we’re planning to return in May or June. They’ll be cruising the Caribbean until hurricane season returns.
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What a drag! The only thing worse than getting the flu, is getting the flu while on holiday! So sorry! I hope you’re better now. Cheers!