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How to Visit the Golden Gate Bridge as a Wheelchair User

  • byJohn Morris
  • June 23, 2020
Apart from the White House and Statue of Liberty, the wheelchair accessible Golden Gate Bridge is surely America's most recognizable landmark.
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Slice of deep dish pizza being lifted from the whole pie.
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How I Brought a Taste of Chicago to Florida During Quarantine

  • byJohn Morris
  • June 22, 2020
Even while travel and vacations are suspended, you can still enjoy foods from your favorite restaurants shipped directly to your home.
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Wheelchair user at the net with 2020 Argentina Open Doubles finalists.
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Wheelchair Access at the 2020 Argentina Open in Buenos Aires

  • byJohn Morris
  • March 19, 2020
Wheelchair uers can attend The Argentina Open, an ATP World Tour 250 series event, held each year at the Buenos Aires Lawn Tennis Club.
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Stream the Superfest Disability Film Festival on March 19 (For Free)

  • byJohn Morris
  • March 19, 2020
For the first time ever, Superfest Disability Film Festival will host a free screening of some of their previously featured films online.
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Mountain reflected in lake at a national park.
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Disabled? Get Free Entry to National Parks with Access Pass!

  • byJohn Morris
  • September 19, 2019
With the Access Pass, people with disabilities receive free admission to more than 2,000 national parks in the United States.
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Aerial photograph of Fort McHenry, with its distinctive star shape outline.
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Wheelchair Accessible Fort McHenry National Monument

  • byJohn Morris
  • September 8, 2019
The 200-year-old fort that inspired Francis Scott Key to write America's national anthem is wheelchair accessible with ramps and level pathways.
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The Royal Observatory, Greenwich, seen from a distance.
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Tour the Royal Observatory, Greenwich with a Wheelchair

  • byJohn Morris
  • August 27, 2019
Visit historic Greenwich with a wheelchair and tour the Royal Observatory, take a photo on the Prime Meridian, board the Cutty Sark and more.
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Target Field, home of the Minnesota Twins baseball team.
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Accessible Gameday: Minnesota Twins Baseball

  • byJohn Morris
  • August 9, 2019
Wheelchair accessibility at Target Field, information on Minnesota Twins ADA seating, tickets, bathrooms, concessions, parking & more.
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Wheelchair accessible things to do in Nairobi, Kenya.
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Wheelchair Accessible Things to Do in Nairobi, Kenya

  • byJohn Morris
  • July 19, 2019
Explore wheelchair accessible tourist attractions in Nairobi, including the Giraffe Centre, Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage & the Karen Blixen House.
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St. Catherine's Monastery at the foot of Mt. Sinai in Egypt.
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Visiting St. Catherine’s Monastery & Mt. Sinai in a Wheelchair

  • byJohn Morris
  • June 12, 2019
Wheelchair access at St. Catherine’s Monastery in Egypt - The 6th century monastery is located below Mt. Sinai, where Moses received the Ten Commandments.
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Construction of the iconic Rua Augusta Arch, located on Lisbon’s Commerce Plaza, began in 1755. The arch bears the Portuguese coat of arms, greeting visitors and welcoming them to what is today a dining/shopping district spanning Rua Augusta and many of the surrounding streets. It’s a beautiful place! 9 3
What a joy it was to finally explore #Portugal with a group of my #WheelchairTravel readers! After the Covid-19 pandemic interrupted travel in 2020, this group trip was rescheduled multiple times, but finally took place this month (albeit with fewer tourists). 70 11
Vilnius, Lithuania is a beautiful city, perhaps best seen from the hilltop in the castle complex, on which the Gediminas Tower sits. The hilltop is reached via a wheelchair accessible funicular — wheelchair users ride free. The palace museum, located below the tower, is one of the most fantastic in Europe, with ramps and lifts throughout to make it and the underground excavations accessible. 31 3
Absolute joy seeing my friend @sanna.kalmari in her hometown of Helsinki, Finland! Thrilled to reconnect and enjoy cocktails and a meal in a fantastic restaurant downtown! Looking forward to our next meet-up already! 87 2
Had a tense meeting with this guy today. Really tough negotiator, but we agreed that it’s best I remain on Earth. Accessibility is pretty poor on his home world too, apparently, and my wheelchair doesn’t have the thrusters necessary to operate there. Hopefully Elon Musk and @spacex will make it possible for me to visit new worlds in the future. 47 3
I love Egypt. I’ve traveled to the country many times, but on each trip I try to see it from a new perspective. Take this day, when I approached the Giza Pyramids not in an air-conditioned taxi as I had done on earlier trips, but from a horse-drawn buggy. Minor adjustments lead to new people, experiences and memories! 58 4
Nearly (but not quite) a year ago, I visited the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Penha, a Roman Catholic Basilica in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It dates to the 1600s and sits on a hill above the city, accessed via 382 steps or, as luck would have it, a wheelchair accessible funicular. 93 6
There are a lot of amazing approach & landing views in the world, but one of my favorites is this one — hugging the Mississippi River with a perfect angle to downtown St. Louis, Missouri and the iconic Gateway Arch. 69 3
I’m truly blessed to have called this guy one of my best friends for more than 20 years now. I’m going to sound like such a sap, but we’ve been through so much together as friends and know most (maybe all) of each other’s dirty secrets. And as the seasons of life change, as we’ve moved across the country and traveled the world, we’ve always been no more than a text message or phone call away from picking right back up on our friendship. After a fantastic weekend with the guys in NYC celebrating this man, I’m looking forward to celebrating your marriage next month, Dan. Love you, man. 125 4
DID YOU KNOW that Thomas Edison and Henry Ford were good friends? So good, in fact, that they had winter homes right next to each other in beautiful Fort Myers, Florida! The men, together with Harvey Firestone, founder of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, worked in Edison’s Fort Myers laboratory to find a new source of rubber in the United States. 77 2
Who doesn’t love a historic walking/rolling tour? Some cities are certainly more walkable/rollable than others, and I’m pleased to say that the historic downtown “River District” in Fort Myers is one of the best. I enjoyed a 90-minute tour with True Tours during my trip earlier this summer. It’s a beautiful city! 126 4
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