Archive: December 2007
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We had a three hour layover at LAX. The weather was bad at O’Hare, flights were being grounded. We listened to what sounded like an increasingly crazed gate agent: “Do not stand in line to ask about your flight. I will let you know when I have more information.” At first I felt sympathetic towards [...]
(Full Post)Kauai – Salt Pond Beach Park
Beach number two with wheelchair accessibility – Salt Pond Beach Park is near Hanapepe, and also has a Landeeze beach wheelchair. The lifeguards here are less familiar with the chair and had to dig it out from under a bunch of stuff, so I guess it’s not used very often. It’s kind of busted up [...]
(Full Post)Kauai – Waimea Canyon
The drive up Waimea Canyon is fantastic, and there are numerous wheelchair accessible lookouts. The first lookout, Waimea Canyon Lookout, has a ramped path to a lower lookout. There’s a higher spot that is accessible via a very steep path – if you take that one, you should plan to have help coming down to [...]
(Full Post)Kauai – Koloa
Koloa, just north of Poipu, is pretty much just a couple of blocks of shops. There’s a grocery store, a bank, a post office, and a good pharmacy (not drug store) in addition to more boutique-y/tourist places. Wheelchair access is very iffy. Ramps lead up and around buildings to stairs. Short stretches of sidewalk lead [...]
(Full Post)Kauai – Poipu Beach Park
Beach number one with wheelchair accessibility: Poipu Beach Park has a Landeeze all-terrain wheelchair. Park across the street – there are two permit spots. There’s a paved walk up to the beach (but not to the lifeguard station). There are accessible restrooms. Get your buddy to go to the lifeguard station and ask for the [...]
(Full Post)Kauai – the condo
Mele Kalikimaka from Kauai! We are spending two weeks on Garden Island. We’re staying in a condo at Kuhio Shores, overlooking the beach. I conducted a fairly extensive email communication with the owner over several months prior to our trip. My regular chair is 24 inches wide without any camber, so I told him I [...]
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