The Right Vehicle for the Task
The Olympic National Park–Washington state Our May road trip proved most places are accessible given the right conveyance. In addition to Skeeter, we now have wheelchairs to consider. Since the girls* joined us, there is a new decision to make everytime we go somewhere–local and otherwise. Do we take lightweight, small footprint Thelma or maneuverable, but wider Louise? For this 4 hour trip up to the Olympic Peninsula (after the May trip, they all seem short**), w e elected to take Thelma (and Skeeter, of course) for several reasons. Everything is a trade-off, but it turned out to be a good call. Our friends, Mark and Leilani, live on a family farm that dates back to the late 1800s. The doors are original and the doorways narrow. I needed the occasional push over a threshold, but otherwise, navigation was accomplished efficiently with my feet. However, neither Thelma nor Skeeter could handle the outdoor terrain. For that, I needed a bigger boat (too obscure a re