22 accessible road trips : driving vacations for wheelers and slow walkers / Candy B. Harrington ; photographs by Charles Pannell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Harrington, Candy.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

People with disabilities--Travel--United States--Guidebooks.

People with disabilities.

Automobile travel--United States--Guidebooks.

Automobile travel.

United States--Guidebooks.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Twenty two accessible road trips

Place of Publication:

New York : Demos Health, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

22 Accessible Road Trips contains useful and detailed information about accessible travel, that's readable, informative and pertinent. The book is aimed at those who use wheelchairs, walkers or just have mobility issues. Organized geographically, the book is divided into 22 chapters, with each chapter detailing a loop driving route that can be completed in approximately 2-3 weeks. The routes are spaced throughout the US, with each route having a theme or a commonality. Each route begins in a gateway city with a major airport, so the trips can also be completed as fly-drive packages. And of cou

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Contents; Foreword; Preface-Drive, She Said; Road Trip Tips and Resources; Car and Driver; Along the Way; At the Hotel; Pacific States; California's Natural Treasures; Route; Along the Way; Yosemite Valley; Eastern Sierra Scenic Byway; Death Valley; Cambria; Monterey; Timing; Great Eats; Don't Miss It; Linger on in the Gateway; Fly-Drive Option; Alternate Entry Points; Variation on a Theme; If You Go; Mother Nature's Glory in the Pacific Northwest; Route; Along the Way; Redwood National and State Park; Whiskeytown National Recreation Area; Lassen Volcanic National Park

Crater Lake National ParkBreitenbush Hot Springs; Timing; Great Eats; Don't Miss It; Linger on in the Gateway; Fly-Drive Option; Alternate Entry Points; Variation on a Theme; If You Go; Washington Wine Country; Route; Along the Way; Spokane; Walla Walla; Columbia River Gorge; Stevenson; Yakima Valley; Timing; Great Eats; Don't Miss It; Linger on in the Gateway; Fly-Drive Option; Alternate Entry Points; Variation on a Theme; If You Go; Mountain States; Utah's Big Five; Route; Along the Way; Zion National Park; Bryce Cany on National Park; Capitol Reef National Park; Arches National Park

Canyonl ands National ParkTiming; Great Eats; Don't Miss It; Linger on in the Gateway; Fly-Drive Option; Alternate Entry Points; Variation on a Theme; If You Go; Off the Beaten Path in the Land of Enchantment; Route; Along the Way; Mescalero; Billy the Kid National Scenic Byway; White Sands Dynamic Duo; Las Cruces; Petrified Forest National Park; Timing; Great Eats; Don' t Miss It; Linger on in the Gateway; Fly-Drive Option; Alternate Entry Points; Variation on a Theme; If You Go; Essential Arizona; Route; Along the Way; Tombstone; Phoenix- Scottsdale; Sedona and Beyond

Grand Canyon National ParkHistoric Route 66; Timing; Great Eats; Don't Miss It; Linger on in the Gateway; Fly-Drive Option; Alternate Entry Points; Variation on a Theme; If You Go; The Rockies and Beyond; Route; Along the Way; Taos; Santa Fe; Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge; Mesa Verde National Park; Rocky Mountain National Park; Timing; Great Eats; Don't Miss It; Linger on in the Gateway; Fly-Drive Option; Alternate Entry Points; Variation on a Theme; If You Go; Way Out West; Route; Along the Way; Twin Fall s Area; Grand Teton and Yell owstone National Parks; Cody

Bear tooth River RanchCraters of the Moon National Monument; Timing; Great Eats; Don't Miss It; Linger on in the Gateway; Fly-Drive Option; Alternate Entry Points; Variation on a Theme; If You Go; Central States; Missouri's Mother Road and More; Route; Along the Way; Meramec Caverns; Elephant Rocks State Park; Springfield; Kansas City; Columbia; Timing; Great Eats; Don't Miss It; Linger on in the Ga teway; Fly-Drive Option; Alternate Entry Points; Variation on a Theme; If You Go; Down on the Bayou; Route; Along the Way; Creole Nature Trail; Henderson; Darrow; New Orleans; Vicksburg; Timing

Great Eats

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-61705-102-0

OCLC:

794383785