Barrier-Free Travel: Washington National Parks: For Wheelers and Slow Walkers - Softcover

Harrington, Candy B.

9780998510323: Barrier-Free Travel: Washington National Parks: For Wheelers and Slow Walkers

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0998510327 ISBN 13: 9780998510323

Publisher: C & C Creative Concepts, 2018

Penned by accessible travel expert Candy B. Harrington, this access guide includes detailed information about accessible trails, picnic areas, lodging options and attractions in Olympic, Mount Rainier and North Cascades National Parks. This handy resource features:

Access information on trails, picnic areas and viewpoints that will work for wheelchair-users and slow walkers.
Photos and descriptions of accessible lodging options in and near the parks, including often overlooked access details such as bed height and toilet grab bar placement.
Information about barrier-free camping options in the parks, including the site numbers and features of the accessible campsites.
Fly-drive resources, including the location of nearby airports, and the availability of accessible rental vans.
Information on cell phone tours, loaner wheelchairs, free access passes and accessible ranger-led programs.
Details on recent access upgrades and improvements to trails and attractions in the parks.

This guide will help you plan an itinerary based on your abilities, and find an accessible room that works for you. Barrier-Free Travel; Washington National Parks for Wheelers and Slow Walkers is a great resource for seniors, parents with stroller-aged children, Baby Boomers, folks who just like to take things a littler slower and anybody who uses a cane, walker, wheelchair or scooter.

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About the Author:

As a travel writer for over 20 years, Candy Harrington had an epiphany back in 1996. "I was tired of writing fluff," she recalls. "After all who really cares about thread count anyway?" A friend suggested that she cover accessible travel - which was a truly underserved niche back then - and Candy took that suggestion and ran with it. To be honest, most of her colleagues thought she was a few fries short of a Happy Meal for making the change, but that didn't stop Candy. Although she knew absolutely nothing about accessible travel or even disability in the beginning, as a journalist Candy knew how to research, interview and write, so that's exactly what she did.

Shortly thereafter she founded Emerging Horizons - a travel resource for wheelchair-users and slow walkers - with her husband and photographer Charles Pannell. Today Harrington has thousands of accessible travel bylines to her credit, is the author of a sizable library of accessible travel titles, and continues to maintain the advertising-free Emerging Horizons website. Says Harrington, "We feel Emerging Horizons should offer unbiased accessible travel information, and we can't very well do that if we take advertising dollars from cruise lines or tour operators who may not be accessible."

Candy is also a frequent speaker about accessible travel issues, and maintains her popular Barrier-Free Travel Blog at www.barrierfreetravels.com. And when she and Charles aren't on the road ferreting out new accessible travel finds, they both enjoy the peace and quiet of their mountain home in the Sierras.

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