Adam's Adventures in the Real World
Pictures, videos, and rants on traveling in a wheelchair
Took a stroll through the mangroves at the Anne Kolbe Nature Center in Hollywood, Florida. More than a mile of great accessible trails through natural Florida and a nice small exhibition room showcasing some of the wild animals of the area.
Got a few items from their self-serve gift shop.
Used my freewheel to tour the stunningly beautiful Morikami Japanese Gardens in Delray Beach, Florida. The gardens have a trail nearly a mile long and my freewheel made easy work over the gravel. I saw several elderly people being pushed in manual wheelchairs so the accessibility is great. The gardens have giant koi fish, japanese cranes, bonsai trees, and a lantern memorial to the Challenger space shuttle crew including the first Japanese astronaut Ellison Onizuka.
I woke up early the next day and headed over towards the New Orleans Riverwalk area. It’s a large indoor shopping mall right next to the Mississippi River. It opens early and inside is a Cafe du Monde that is much, much less crowded than its more famous location in the French Quarter. Nearby are all kinds of other shops, sightseeing of naval traffic in the river, and the original aquarium of my childhood, the Audubon Aquarium of the Americas. It suffered near catastrophic damage from Hurricane Katrina, but has rebuilt itself nicely while staying true to my memory.
After finishing up at the World War II Museum, I still had energy to do something else. I wanted to see the New Orleans Museum of Art, but it was closing early that day. So instead I visited the recently reopened Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden that is located on the NOMA grounds inside City Park, a huge public park in New Orleans.
I wanted to visit City Park anyway and ride my hand bike around, which is exactly what I did. The park is beautiful and some of the outdoor artwork is amazing. They make great use incorporating the art into the lakes and canals present in City Park.
