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Category Archives: Family
Necessities
Toilets in handicap bathroom and staterooms. It would seem that designers don’t ask the ADA community what is necessary to transfer to a toilet. For example, our stateroom toilet has no space on the side where the wall is and … Continue reading
Oh, Manzanilla!
Yesterday’s gangplank was very nice. I did have to stop and tell a staff person to not push and that I had plenty of power. Pushing can cause the power chair to stop. So, no time to educate yesterday but … Continue reading
Things we use to make life easier
Time out bench, mattress genie, RAM Mount cup holder, stainless steel straws with rubber tips so I can recline my chair and get back up. We use the time out bench to ear at normal height tables. I can’t lift … Continue reading
Sneaky Surprise!
Seven days have flown by. At 7:15 this morning it was warm enough to go out on the balcony at which point Ruby started loading me up with a step stool and other things like pillows, blankets, towels and my … Continue reading
We adapt, inventing and improvising as things change
I have sporadic inclusion body myositis, a neurological muscle condition that causes the large muscles to deteriorate. There is no cure and no treatment. Google it. I don’t play guitar and my only real claim to fame is that Peter … Continue reading
San Diego
We got a bit of a late start but we found a Rite Aid and bought ibuprofen that we forgot. Then we went on the Midway and saw where history was made during the time after WW 2
San Diego on Eurodam
Going to find a store to buy ibuprofen, visit the Midway (maybe I will get to use the amateur radio that is on board) and we’re just going to look around. Here’s to a well placed gang plank. Maybe we … Continue reading
Here I sit
In the explorations lounge at the bow looking out a large window seeing the occasional whale, reading a book, relaxing and waiting for Ruby to get back from her facial that she won in a raffle the other day. Life … Continue reading
Ok, here it is!
73 days, Panama Canal, Western Caribbean, key west, Dominican Republic, Amazon River, four back to back cruises. We’re loving it and will be back December 18.
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