Candy B. Harrington
Posts by Candy B. Harrington:
Olea Hotel Unveils New Wheelchair-Accessible Cottage
Named for the heritage olive trees that dot the property, the Olea Hotel (oleahotel.com) recently unveiled a new wheelchair-accessible garden cottage. This 15-room boutique hotel underwent an extensive renovation in 2011 after Sia and Ashish Patel purchased the … Read More
Wheelchair-Accessible Jamaica Tours
Based in Hanover, Jamaica, Ken’s Taxi and Tours provides wheelchair-accessible transportation in their fleet of lift-equipped Toyota Hiace high-top vans. The accessible vans can accommodate four to eight passengers, including one wheelchair-user; and with advance notice, some of the vans … Read More
Visit Arizona’s Largest Botanical Garden
Located three miles west of Superior, Boyce Thompson Arboretum (https://www.btarboretum.org/) is Arizona’s oldest and largest botanical garden. The 323-acre parcel is filled to the brim with plants from deserts around the world, and offers visitors an up-close-and-personal look … Read More
Historic Castaneda Hotel Harvey House Reopens
Opened in 1898, the historic Castaneda Hotel (http://castanedahotel.org/) was once the flagship property of the newly christened Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway. After a successful opening of this Las Vegas, New Mexico Harvey House, the railroad proceeded to … Read More
Yosemite’s Tenaya Lodge Unveils New Wheelchair-Accessible Cabins and Tour Bus
Located just outside the South Entrance of Yosemite National Park (www.nps.gov/yose), Tenaya Lodge at Yosemite (www.tenayalodge.com) has long been a favorite pick for park visitors. It’s especially popular with wheelchair-users and slow walkers, as this luxury … Read More
Discover Historic Guadalupe Mountains National Park
Named for the mountain range that dominates the landscape, Guadalupe Mountains National Park (www.nps.gov/gumo/index.htm) contains the four highest peaks in Texas, and boasts an impressive share of backcountry acreage. If all that sounds a little foreboding for wheelchair-users … Read More
Storm King Art Center Showcases Sculptures of All Sizes
Located in New York’s Hudson Valley, just three miles from Cornwall, Storm King Art Center (stormking.org/) isn’t your ordinary art gallery. For starters it’s located on a 500-acre parcel dotted with meadows, ponds, hills, and forests that offer … Read More