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PANAMA CANAL WHEELCHAIR ADVENTURES 12

Grandpa Oddball — Mon, 26 Dec 2011 21:59:57 +0000

The day of our first excursion crept upon us. Well, perhaps excursion is a bit pretentious. It was the day of our first port visit and the port was Cabo San Lucas, Mexico but we didn't do a formal excursion. On the way into port there is a nice view of the coast. We just tendered in and walked about the port so we could say we've set foot in Mexico. More accurately grandma pushed me around the port in my wheelchair which was exhausting for her given the terrain and heat (90 degrees, grandma likes heat but not that much). Normally she likes pushing me around but not in my wheelchair!
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Wheelchair Adventures 7 DC

Grandpa Oddball — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 20:26:54 +0000

WORK, WORK, WORK. Our son had to work on this last full day we spent in Washington, DC and it was a very full day. Grandma was fixing breakfast when she was greeted with the news of Bin Laden's death. Hurrying downstairs I was then greeted with the unexpected information. Surprisingly except for an enhanced security presence (see later in this post), his death had little effect on our trip.

Wheelchair Adventures 2 DC

Grandpa Oddball — Sat, 21 May 2011 15:59:11 +0000

Forward, on with the adventure ! The time has come to reveal all (well, almost all – I do have some secrets). My previous posts alluded to some of these adventures in our nation's capitol. The experience was a bit different than we expected.

OOPs, I don't want to get ahead of myself so I'd better start at the beginning with our arrival at Union Station in Washington, DC (I tend to think way faster than I write and by the time I finish writing a thought I often forget the next thought so I'm trying to slow things down while I write). The weather was nice upon arrival. In fact the weather in DC was quite pleasant for most of our visit though on a couple of occasions it did get a bit windy and cool.

Wheelchair Adventures 1 AMTRAK

Grandpa Oddball — Sun, 15 May 2011 22:57:21 +0000

AMTRAK had the privilege of hosting our initial journey and an interesting journey it turned out to be. Much different than our pre-trip expectations. We had originally planned to visit Washington, DC and then follow it up with a Panama Canal cruise. As it turned out we couldn't actually carry out such an ambitious journey but, in hindsight, that turned out to be a blessing. Even our reduced itinerary was almost more stress than I could cope with because of my MS.

SEATTLE MS WALK 2011

Grandpa Oddball — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 16:20:58 +0000

Burrrrr ! The wind off the lake cut right to my bones. My bones were swathed in clothes but it didn't help much. My fingers were numb, my nose was running and I was chilled. So started our participation in the Seattle 2011 annual MS walk fund raising event. I in my wheelchair and grandma with her arthritis along with our daughter, her husband, our grandchildren and my sister braved the elements in order to carry on the fight.
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