Bronze Winner 2012 Foreword Reviews Book of The Year, Travel Guides Category
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 course they can always be broken up into shorter trips, or even day excursions. Flexibility is the key with this book, with plenty of opportunity to personalize each route to meet individual tastes, time frames and budgets.
Candy includes details about accessible lodging, sites, trails, attractions and restaurants. She also gives readers a real flavor of the drives, with off-the-beaten-path finds, unique roadside attractions and rural driving routes also included. After all, accessibility is in the eye of the beholder; and what may be accessible to one person can be filled with obstacles to someone else.
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Foreword
Preface — Drive, She Said
Road Trip, Tips and Resources
Pacific States
1. California’s Natural Treasures
2. Oregon’s Volcanic Legacy
3. Washington Wine Country
Mountain States
4. Utah’s Big Five
5. Off the Beaten Path in the Land of Enchantment
6. Essential Arizona
7. The Rockies, and Beyond
8. Way Out West
Central States
9. Missouri’s Mother Road and More
10. Down on the Bayou
11 Rockin’ and Rollin’ Through the Mid-South
12. Cowboys, Indians and New Mexicans
13. From the Land of Lincoln to the Field of Dreams
14. Beyond the Texas Presidential Corridor
15. Head ‘Em Up and Move ‘Em Out
16. From the Heartland to Lake Erie
Eastern States
17. Florida Without the Theme Parks
18. The Gulf Coast and More
19. Springtime in New England
20. Deep Southern Delight
21. Appalachia Sampler
22. Mid-Atlantic History and Mystery
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Candy Harrington is known as the guru of accessible travel. She has covered accessible travel exclusively for the past 15 years. She the founding editor of Emerging Horizons and the author of There is Room at the Inn: Inns and B&Bs for Wheelers and Slow Walkersand 101 Accessible Vacations: Travel Ideas for Wheelers and Slow Walkers.