Handicapped
people travel all the time but not many couples travel when they are BOTH
handicapped. The logistics of taking a cruise to Alaska are so overwhelming
that I think I would rather stay home. But Bill insisted that we get out and do
something while we still can. That’s just it. I’m not sure we still can.
We decided that we would drive only five hours a day on this trip. Today, we drove from our home in the Salt Lake Valley to Boise. It took us much longer than most people because we take it easy and take breaks.
We decided that we would drive only five hours a day on this trip. Today, we drove from our home in the Salt Lake Valley to Boise. It took us much longer than most people because we take it easy and take breaks.
We both gave
up sleeping in a bed this year. At home, our king sized bed has become mostly ceremonial. Instead, we sleep in our cushy, comfortable recliners. Besides being comfortable, we no longer have to change the sheets on the bed, which was becoming something of a trial.
There are few recliners in hotel rooms. Some hotels say they have recliners but they aren’t
like the ones at home. There are definitely no recliners on cruise ships.
So, we
bought these zero gravity recliners. I wrote to Holland America and asked permission
to bring them aboard the ship. They said yes. But that is no guarantee that
there will be space for them in our cabin. We will have to wait and see what our room looks like. They did tell me that cruise passengers drag big, cushy chairs from the public areas into their rooms all the time but it's not allowed. The room stewards remove them.
We first tried out the chairs on our trip to Zion National Park. At 2:30 in the morning on our third night, Bill's chair collapsed. Thankfully, he was not hurt. When we got home, he engineered a solution to this problem because he was afraid it would collapse again. We also had to drag these chairs into the hotel room here
in Boise, Idaho.
He tried out this re-engineered chair when we got home and it seemed to work fine. However, he just laid down to get some rest after a long, hard day and fell backwards, ass over teakettle. He says he's okay. I know he is trying to figure out a way to fix this but he should really try to build a comfortable place to rest on the bed. He can use all the pillows and prop up his feet.
But, no. He insisted on trying this again and here he is in the bed. I will have to help him in and out of it so he doesn't fall again.
We are at the Holiday Inn Express at the airport. Room 333 is
the best handicapped access room we have ever stayed in. The bedroom and the
bathroom are large with wide access doors.
Since our dual back surgeries, the doctor told us not to lift anything heavier than a gallon of milk. Have we followed this rule? Yes. We do follow it except when we don't want to. Bill insists that I not lift anything unless he needs my help. Then I can lift it.
He has really overdone it getting us on the road to Idaho. He forgot to take his pills at lunch and dinner. Then, he moved the luggage and chairs into our room. He finally remembered to take them about seven p.m. Anyway, his back really hurts tonight.
However, at the end of this difficult day, he's still smiling.
However, at the end of this difficult day, he's still smiling.
