Reno Nevada or bust.

[Bawanna]

I find myself through no fault of my own enroute to Reno Nevada next week. (by car).

Anyone been there that has any "must see" places. It's a whirl wind trip, leave Tuesday and have to be back home Saturday night. I need to start manning up and just saying no to my version of MW's house ogre when she comes up with insane idea's..

Our primary goal is cows walking through town noon on Thursday and rodeo Friday night. 24 hours minimum driving for a 2 or 3 hours rodeo????

She thought she'd console me and has a list of local gun shops to visit with no money as usual, that should be fun.
Hope to get to Silver City as I've heard there is good stuff to see there, don't recall what exactly but I'll know it when I see it. Fairly close by.
She did mention Lake Tahoe which is find is a little over an hour further one way. I told her maybe next trip, hoping there won't be a next trip.

Really looking forward to the mandatory 12 hour straight thru drive on Saturday, that should be peaceful and relaxing.

[Alfonse]

In Vegas, the ranges usually have a variety of fully automatic things to shoot. Maybe some range time could cheer you up.

[Bawanna]

In Vegas, the ranges usually have a variety of fully automatic things to shoot. Maybe some range time could cheer you up.

I'm cheery, don't I look cheery, why don't I sound cheery?

I'm going to Reno so I don't know if what stays in Vegas get to Reno or not but I'm cheery.

I'm sending you a cheery PM, stand by.

[ltxi]

Last time I was in Reno was May 2009. Had a passing through, stop over night. Went straight to my hotel room, locked the door, and made sure both my G23 and coach 12ga were loaded. I accidentally got married there once. 1963. It was a violet attack. I didn't want that to happen again. 2X 'cause it would have pissed off now wife.

[Alfonse]

Now there's a thought, could be all romantic marry your wife again. Or, the casinos should have some cheap grub.

[Tinman507]

Carson city isn't far. Nice railroad museum there if I recall correctly.
There's always the Mustang Ranch. Ooops.
Comstock History Center.

[Bawanna]

My primary goal at this point is to get out alive and with everything I went in with. I only been in a casino a couple times so I suppose I'll have to go into one of those to see what it's like.

Imagine they got scantily clad beauties sent by the devil of temptation to lure me into his den, I shall resist.

I'll do my best to have a good time the 12% of the time I'm not driving, would much rather stay home and watch the weeds in my lawn grow but there will be time for that later I reckon.

[Slotback]

May you reach your primary goal.....

[JustinN]

Tahoe really is very pretty and would be worth the time, but I do enjoy just standing and staring at the country side. It's makes "unsuccessful" hunts much more enjoyable.

If you can bum a little money off the wife, you could go here and burn off a mag in a full auto Thompson - http://www.safeshotindoorrange.com/home.php

Also: http://www.tripadvisor.com/Attractions-g45992-Activities-Reno_Nevada.html

[Tilos]

Here you go:
http://www.bing.com/search?q=reno%27s+brothels&qs=n&form=QBLH&pq=reno%27s+brothels&sc=0-11&sp=-1&sk

[AJBert]

For me personally, I'd love to go to the Comstock Museum Historical Society, or whatever it is. The Comstock silver lode literally change the financial world in it's day! And also the way minerals were mined around the world.

That, and I spent three years on the USS Comstock (LSD-45). Perhaps one day I will be able to visit the area.

[JFootin]

Enjoy yourself and take some pictures to share with us when you get back. :wof:

[yqtszhj]

You know by the time you get back we'll all be out of control. I can see it now. Next thread will be:

"Bawanna's goes to Reno"

Better watch Tinman. He'll have all kinds of compromising pictures posted that he will claim is you, and you know he's good with that photoshop stuff.

[knkali]

Bam........http://nevadabrothels.com/home.html

enough said

[Tinman507]

http://i.qkme.me/3otgsc.jpg

[Bawanna]

May be off the hook. Wife is seriously on the war path as usual before any vacation, said she could get plane tickets to Reno 400 round trip if I didn't want to go. Told her it was a bargain at any price, let me know what time to take her to the airport.

She has this huge desire to buy a travel trailer or preferably a Motor Home, neither of which I can even get in or move around in but it's what people our age do, (ones with legs) you know 1-800- Go RVing!
We have a small travel trailer we got for the son to live in while at school. It was junk when we bought it and it's really junk now. Hate to even look at it.

I have no use for another house with an engine rotting on the side of the house that I can't even get in, can't maintain, and can't afford.

I was hoping to save that argument until after Reno but son helped bring it up last night so the war paint is on. Her friends just bought a 38' 5th wheel toy hauler. I can't imagine a more stressful way to travel around the country than with a 38' house following your truck around. Great fun that.
I had major ulcers in my youth, I'm not gonna go there again over this stuff.

So maybe I'm going and maybe I'm not............................................

The saga continues.

[MW surveyor]

So, how far is it really from your house to Reno? Remember, I'm in Texas and things just down the road here are over 300 miles away?

I'm surprised that Mrs. Bawanna would want a motor home or even a 5th wheel. Mrs. MW says that the most camping that she wants to do is a good motel room with breakfast service. I'm at the point where I agree with her. (sorry, my man card has been partially revoked during the recovery period).

Still a whole bunch of driving. Don't fall for the "If you don't want to go" trap. You'll never live it down.

[Bawanna]

So, how far is it really from your house to Reno? Remember, I'm in Texas and things just down the road here are over 300 miles away?

I'm surprised that Mrs. Bawanna would want a motor home or even a 5th wheel. Mrs. MW says that the most camping that she wants to do is a good motel room with breakfast service. I'm at the point where I agree with her. (sorry, my man card has been partially revoked during the recovery period).

Still a whole bunch of driving. Don't fall for the "If you don't want to go" trap. You'll never live it down.


Reno is 7 or 800 miles, 12 hours give or take. That's a stupid trip only because it's so short, the whole time coming and going and very little time there. Basically poor planing. I'm used to that and I was just gonna swallow that pill.

A trailer or worse yet a motorhome that I can't move around in that only gets used 2 weeks a year at this point is insane. She says I don't try hard enough and I could crawl around in it. (fun) I had to use a CC to get my van fixed and now we want a motorhome payment which would of course only be the beginning. Ones we could afford would need help very soon and we wouldn't have the loot to fix so they would set and rot, like the trailer on the side of the shop we got now. But try to explain simple logic is like teaching common sense to a liberal democrat.
Just don't make a lick of sense.

[Tilos]

Join the Euro crowd and rent a motorhome from TravelAmerica or some such company.
Our parks and tourist places are full of them.
It's cost less than the money you'll loose buying one, and it won't be there rotting away in your driveway.
For that matter, you could stay in any 4 or 5 star resort for less money than you'd loose buying a motorhome and feeding it fuel!...and take a limo to Reno:D

[b4uqzme]

good luck? If she's persistent about the RV, rent one?

[Bawanna]

All those wise options which I've of course brought up numerous times are wise and valid for a walking vertical person.

Not so for a derelict requiring hand controls. Actually the same with rental cars, sometimes they have some available, often times not. Usually they don't get rented much since wise derelicts stay home where they belong.

They do make special derelict motorhomes with wider aisles accessible toilets, etc but usually they are only the very big 2 or 3 times the cost of my house models. Not wise.

I've been thinking of getting like a Partridge Family bus, stripping the interior and just adding what I want. One of the short buses would be perfect. Some even have lifts already installed and a guy at the bus barn said most buses now days are automatics. All metal, weather proof. Not as fancy and frilly but everything you need.

[Planedude]

I hear ya on the hand controls, My old truck has them for getting to and from work. My wife freaks out if I hint at driving it "too far" for any fun. "What if it breaks down/gets a flat/makes young women's nipples hard at the sight of it..." You get the picture. My old truck has just passed the 100K mark and is just getting broke in good. I have and will keep the old girl well maintained and would drive her to either coast in a flash, if I had some dumb reason to go that far.
Just sold our Travel Trailer for the same reason you gave. too hard to move around in. My parents have a nice Class C with a slide and that works well for their Gimpy ways, but dang $40K used? And with the 10cly Ford motor in it, well, gas is an issue. I did just see a "short (school) bus" conversion with a lift and door in the back at the gas pumps last week. Looked okay and I asked him about the lift door. He replied "oh this is quite the party bus and that's where we load and unload the Kegs". I asked what he gave for it and he said he won a bid at $3579 which he thought was a great price... till someone told him he was the only bidder and the min bid was $2500. He did brag he made $400 bucks back selling the surplus seats off of Craigslist...
He, did the brakes, some tires and an alignment the first week he had it. Later he did a tune-up and he liked how it ran a lot better. Other than those fixes and the bath conversion, he drives it everywhere because it is easy to park.
I could see me working that. Good luck on the trip Bawanna, sometime go or don't gets you in the same hot water with the wife.

[Bawanna]

http://www.nwbus.com/products/product_view.cgi?id_number=548824341126

Exactly my thoughts on the bus. This one would work. The lift, the driver seat both up front, wife and kids can trash the back. With the door in the back, I'd have to have a clear path the length of the bus.

This way I could build as I go, and make thing so I can access. Keep it bare bones simple, simple bath, maybe just a closet with a secure accessible 5 gallon bucket. A counter and a sink, maybe hot water if it ain't too tough. Throw a double bed in there someplace bolted to the floor and the keg and I got it covered.

It starts as a real truck, has a truck engine and brakes, and I doubt water leaks etc would rot out the floor in 2 years and if it did I could get to it easy to repair.

This one the ideal spot for a bath would be in the rear storage area but that's the opposite end of the bus.

The best solution is stay home but if it's a motorhome we must have, something like this might be the ticket and if I make it work good for me I might even want to go someplace?

Most of my cars have close to a 100, 000 when I buy them, van is about 300 miles from the 100,000 mark now, will hit it on the way to Reno or the airport, anything less is like new and I'm sniffing for new car smell.

[ltxi]

May be off the hook. Wife is seriously on the war path as usual before any vacation, said she could get plane tickets to Reno 400 round trip if I didn't want to go. Told her it was a bargain at any price, let me know what time to take her to the airport.

She has this huge desire to buy a travel trailer or preferably a Motor Home, neither of which I can even get in or move around in but it's what people our age do, (ones with legs) you know 1-800- Go RVing!
We have a small travel trailer we got for the son to live in while at school. It was junk when we bought it and it's really junk now. Hate to even look at it.

I have no use for another house with an engine rotting on the side of the house that I can't even get in, can't maintain, and can't afford.

I was hoping to save that argument until after Reno but son helped bring it up last night so the war paint is on. Her friends just bought a 38' 5th wheel toy hauler. I can't imagine a more stressful way to travel around the country than with a 38' house following your truck around. Great fun that.
I had major ulcers in my youth, I'm not gonna go there again over this stuff.

So maybe I'm going and maybe I'm not............................................

The saga continues.

I be with you on this brudda....legs or no legs. Fortunately, my lesser half isn't into it either so no issue. My best wishes on dealing with it.

[Armybrat]

I can't believe nobody has mentioned the fabulous National Automobile Museum in Reno:

http://www.automuseum.org/

We spent hours in there about 10 years ago.

Here's a few minutes of video somebody posted on Youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VlOEAj40Vg

Absolutely worth your time.

Then there is Virginia City up in the mountains nearby.

[JFootin]

Something a heck of a lot cheaper and easier is to shop for hotel rooms at Hotwire.com (http://www.hotwire.com/index.jsp). I have gotten some great deals there.

[OldLincoln]

Something a heck of a lot cheaper and easier is to shop for hotel rooms at Hotwire.com (http://www.hotwire.com/index.jsp). I have gotten some great deals there.
If you book through Hotwire.com do you have to pick your hotel door lock?

[Bawanna]

The hotel option is best even if you stay in nothing but 5 star versions and pay full price your money ahead.

Even those can be an issue for a derelict. My last motel stay they assured my wife that it was a full handicap room. I think some people think you put a grab bar on the wall and it's a handicap room.

I couldn't get near the shower and if I could there was no way to use it. Even the toilet required a Houdini act to mount and dismount. Kind of a straight on approach. Try doing a 180 from chair to chair with our feet off the ground. That's why they call it physically challenged I guess.

We asked for another room but were told they were all the same.

Live and learn.

[otium]

The RV, be it a trailer, 5th wheel, A or C, all have their place. It works for some and not for others. I'd have to imagine by now there some companies who offer rv vehicles that are modified for those with mobility issues.

The key is to rent one and try it out before any decision is made to buy if you had not done much of it before. Same concept we pass along when someone asked about firearm A, B or C or what should they get for their wife and so on.

Renting will show all concerned the kinds of things they did not think about when they dreamed of going on an rv adventure. For some the experience will go like the movie RV, for others it will fit like a glove and they will wonder why they waited so long before doing it.

We have been camping for a long time, but my wife declared several years ago she would no longer be doing tent camping. So we started with renting a trailer for a week, then over time we are in to a 5th wheel. If you enjoy it, it will be a great experience, if you don't enjoy it, your happiest day would be when you sell it.

We have made trips all over the country, from Maine to Vegas, Arizona to Montana and plenty of places in between. We do find now with the higher fuel prices we don't go as far away as often now, but luckily we have plenty of vacationing spots both in private rv parks or boondocking off a forest service road that are less than a tank of fuel away.

Our unit most recently served as our temporary home when we were evacuated due to the large fire here this week. Thankfully we did not lose our home like so many others did or it might have become our long term living quarters.

[Bawanna]

All good points. We used a travel trailer and tent camped alot before the chair. I don't enjoy pulling a trailer, I do it but I don't like it.

They do make handicap RV's but like everything else they are very pricey.

All RV's have ups and downs. With a trailer you can't haul a boat, with a motor home you almost need to drag a car to sight see with or drive your house, or if you want to go grocery shopping etc.

My dad went the whole gammit, regular trailer, then a 5th wheel, then a motor home and hauled a little Ranger pickup with a boat on top of that behind.

We just don't have enough vacation time to justify an RV and I just want to stay home anyhow.

[ltxi]

I still love road trips.....with a quick, agile vehicle. Biggest and clumsiest I'm willing to go is our Avalanche on every couple/few years trips to Maine so we can easily haul back "Oh look at that, let's get it." stuff. Even back in the day when we were annually road tripping from L.A. into the Rockies for a week or two of four-wheeling, we either slept in the truck or caught a hotel room in some mountain town or 'nother ever other night or three. The largest RV I'd ever consider would be something like a RoadTrek 190.

[Bawanna]

Well this might be it for me until next Sunday if I wake up.

I sure don't relish all this driving that's gonna happen this week.

Wife told me tonight to figure out where the hotels were and how to get there, figured she's the navigator she'd have done it but wrong.

I should have and in the future will do way more research and planning prior to even agreeing to anything. This trip is just foolish in so many ways.

Not enough time, oh well a whirlwind road trip. At least I got the air conditioning fixed, I'm joyful for that.

[HAP1978]

That's where the Clint Eastwood movie Pink Cadillac was filmed, at least a lot of it. I'm sure its changed a lot since that movie was made though.

Drove through there once when I was a kid. Lots of lights and buildings is all I remember.

I know what you mean by wanting to stay home and watch the weeds grow....:confused:Women

[OldLincoln]

I don't mind driving but a lot of arguments can be avoided if the wife chooses the hotel and restruants. It's hard for them to complain when it's their choice.

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[ltxi]

I don't mind driving but a lot of arguments can be avoided if the wife chooses the hotel and restruants. It's hard for them to complain when it's their choice.

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I wouldn't let wife choose hotels on a bet. Eating establishments be different.

[Bawanna]

Greetings and salutations from Kalamath Falls Oregon. Just found the motel, very nice, I couldn't care less, it has a place to lay down.

Only 4 or 5 hours and we should hit Reno. Lot of driving today.

Domino's is delivering pasta, wife's choice. Eat, sleep, be happy.

Haven,t killed each other yet.

Wore new Fist ultra thin with PM45 all the way, forgot it was there. At the last minute I left the Cbob at home. I miss it terribly already. I do have a box of Ranger T, 4 Wilson mags also full and the two PM45 factory mags on me. I think we'll survive.

Time to eat.......

[RevRay]

I hope I'm not stepping on toes with the following question ... but I was wondering if it's "legal" to travel from Washington to Nevada while carrying. I know there are those on KahrTalk.com whose argument would be that the 2nd amendment allows for freedom everywhere regardless. But my question is more about the question of "legality" state by state. Best as I could tell from my limited research, neither Oregon nor Nevada recognize a Washington carry permit.

[Planedude]

Are we there yet...???

Try and enjoy the scenery Bawanna, your there anyways.;)

[Bawanna]

I hope I'm not stepping on toes with the following question ... but I was wondering if it's "legal" to travel from Washington to Nevada while carrying. I know there are those on KahrTalk.com whose argument would be that the 2nd amendment allows for freedom everywhere regardless. But my question is more about the question of "legality" state by state. Best as I could tell from my limited research, neither Oregon nor Nevada recognize a Washington carry permit.

I think your right but I didn't ask and I don't plan to. Probably why I left the Cbob at home didn't wanna take the chance with that.

I don't think they honor ours since we don't have all the silly requirements they do and I'd rather be illegal than have a class, quals, and nagging by a so called range officer expert.

My wife has her 638 too.

Welcome to the dark side.

[yqtszhj]

I think your right but I didn't ask and I don't plan to. Probably why I left the Cbob at home didn't wanna take the chance with that.

I don't think they honor ours since we don't have all the silly requirements they do and I'd rather be illegal than have a class, quals, and nagging by a so called range officer expert.

My wife has her 638 too.

Welcome to the dark side.

If Mrs. B is packing too maybe you can get her and yourself some range time somewhere to make it worth it all. Kinda take off the rough edges off the whole trip if you know what I mean.

[HAP1978]

Agreed Bawanna. Always carry no matter what! Better to be tried by 12 than carried by 6.

[getsome]

Hey Bawann, Hope the trip goes well and you get back in one piece....As for the RV thing, it looks like fun on those commercials but in reality I would rather crawl neked through a sewer pipe lined with fish hooks than to ride cross country with Mrs. Getsome and we even get along pretty good most of the time...

Be sure to stop by the Ponderosa and say hello to ole Ben and the boys...They open carried all the time and even slept with a hog leg strapped on I think so if it's ok for them it's ok for you....Little Joe might be in a bad mood though as on todays show he got shot for the forty eleventh time but he healed up fine by shows end so all is well...

Hurry back now, ya hear!!!

[Bawanna]

Arrived intact 1400 hours. Figured by noon but it was a far piece.

This motel is a big sum bich I'll say that. We're on the 15th floor. Had elevators and everything, that was right handy.

Looks like the desert round here. Gonna decompress and then recon. Could spend the whole time sorting out this motel.

Later.

[Bawanna]

Bawanna and navigator have arrived intact at the homestead. 13 hours and 23 minutes in one shot. Too freaking long.

One bird strike, missed my new week old windshield, hit antenna and passenger side mirror, a little clean up needed but no damage, bird didn't come out so well of course.

I am not going for a long drive in the country tomorrow and I'm reluctant to get back in that van to go to work on Monday.

Nice place to visit, I would not like to live there. Some good things, Harrah's car museum was awesome, Virginia City kind of cool but definitely not wheelchair friendly in the least, actually scary a few times.
Hotel was great, 15th floor, haven't been in a elevator so much since I was on the cruise ship.

Oh well, time to decompress, funny I felt fine driving but now when I sit still I'm kind of loopy, ok more loopy than usual. Maybe get my sea wheels back under me.

[JFootin]

I'm glad you're back safe and sound. :) I hope S.H.M.B.O. appreciates you going along with her desires.

[Tinman507]

I've come to the conclusion that points earned while bowing to SWMBO's desires have a very short shelf life. Use them quickly or you'll find yourself bewildered and on the fecal roster.

[Bawanna]

I've come to the conclusion that points earned while bowing to SWMBO's desires have a very short shelf life. Use them quickly or you'll find yourself bewildered and on the fecal roster.

Words to live by right there.

We browsed a Sheelers? something like that, like a Bass Pro Shop or Cabelas, lots of stuff, lots of guns, had a Remington R1 I've been semi lusting for, she told me to get it!!:eek:
I told her we were out of state, would have to ship it and the price wasn't anything special and I could get one here, she said so buy a rifle??:eek: I told her I didn't see any that were really on my watch list there and would have to ship that too.
She said for anniversary so maybe if she holds that thought for the next month or so maybe a new toy for the box. I'm not holding high hopes, like Tinman said, the shelf life is very short. And we're still poor I think.

[Tinman507]

I prescribe DAILY, even HOURLY reminders of that conversation.
A month? that's like 7 years in female or canine time. EXCEPT when you've f'd up. Then it's decades.

[johnh]

Bawanna, you better act fast while she is in a generous mood!

Wait....it just struck me she may be setting you up for a bigger purchase she is going to make....

This one is tricky, maybe caution should win out. :)

[RevRay]

Wives can tend to be like professional sports team managers ... with a "what have you done for me lately" kind of mentality. I wouldn't bet on a very long shelf life.

[JFootin]

I am loving this conversation! :D Bawanna, you already got the go ahead, so look diligently for that next acquisition, whatever it may be. ;)

[Tinman507]

Bawanna, you better act fast while she is in a generous mood!

Wait....it just struck me she may be setting you up for a bigger purchase she is going to make....

This one is tricky, maybe caution should win out. :)

Think RV.....It's a set up DUDE. RUN!!!!! or WHEEL QUICKLY as the case may be

[Bawanna]

Think RV.....It's a set up DUDE. RUN!!!!! or WHEEL QUICKLY as the case may be

This trip only reinforced my decision that there will be no Bus. Ain't gonna happen. If she wants to get a new trailer to park on the side of the house and rot, she can have at that. I'm put forth no effort in a bus.

I'm set on a newer van, hopefully 4x4, fold down bed in back, ice chest, bucket for toilet, and gas when we can afford it.
She whined that gas was the most expensive part of the trip. Imagine what a bus would have cost! I think she said 450 bucks in gas.
I am sooooo glad I refused to go in her Mustang. I would have gone crazy, her driving, no room, and in and out of the van 100 times. Good call on that one.

Hopefully except for our annual lake pilgramage I'm done traveling for the year. I did mention visiting Greg down in AZ and she without hesitation said it sounded like a road trip to her. I will not drive straight through and won't have a closed end have to work the next day itinerary.

[Armybrat]

Yeah, I thought you'd enjoy that car museum.

And yes, that side trip to Virginia City could be a bit hairy. Some of those old saloons were pretty cool.

[Bawanna]

Virginia City was pretty cool. The drive up there was kind of pretty too. It was hairy and many of the buildings I couldn't access. I did get in many of them and like you say some of the old saloons and casino's were pretty fun.

I went up the huge hill in the chair to the police museum, it was ok, not worth the trip up the hill but at least I found a way inside to at least look. Hill was so steep, wife wanted to go get the van and bring it up but I didn't trust the brakes on the van anymore than I did the chair. I reclined the seat back and down we went, gravity is your friend. Made it fine.

I thought there were some good gun museums but I think I'm confused with Vegas. I never been there either and please don't mention that to wife. She's been there several times, no need for me to go there except for abuse and punishment.

Wife even asked if I wanted to go to the Mustang Ranch, all the taxi's had advertisements for it, told her not if it involved riding in the van. Probably should have drove by to at least see it, but didn't do that either, just not enough time.

[OldLincoln]

WHAT... They didn't build in wheelchair access in the 1800's? They musta been a bunch of retards. Oops, I forgot I can't say that any more. They must have been a select group of future challenged individuals. Much more better.

Pushing my wife around (no don't call the family abuse hotline just yet) in her chair has made me so much more aware of the difficulty in opening heavily sprung doors, the need for ramps etc. We can't visit some friends because we can't get her into their house. If we ever get a transport vehicle and can carry a portable ramp things might change.

[Bawanna]

I've been in a chair 18 years now and I still learn stuff everyday. Like asking people who invite me over, you have steps, bathroom access off garage, etc. Sometimes I still goof.

Wife learns too, we seldom travel but you have to be selective on motels and stuff and they will lie. Went to Grand Coulee Dam and they said all rooms fully accessible. NOT EVEN CLOSE..........

I don't mind and don't expect the world to change for my personal benefit, I'm completely content where I am. If I can get there I go, if not I don't.

[ltxi]

I've been in a chair 18 years now and I still learn stuff everyday. Like asking people who invite me over, you have steps, bathroom access off garage, etc. Sometimes I still goof.

Wife learns too, we seldom travel but you have to be selective on motels and stuff and they will lie. Went to Grand Coulee Dam and they said all rooms fully accessible. NOT EVEN CLOSE..........

I don't mind and don't expect the world to change for my personal benefit, I'm completely content where I am. If I can get there I go, if not I don't.

Ya know....I have a regular hotel I stay in the DC area. An Embassy Suites. I've been in one of their wheelchair accessible rooms a couple of times. Walk in, look around, and think No Way.

[Armybrat]

Several years ago when I busted my wife's ankle* and the docs put it back together with a titanium plate & a few screws, I went out & bought her a wheelchair at Harbor Freight. Had already rented one for $80 (one month) before seeing the HF ad for $120. Fokkin' no brainer that was.

Other relatives & neighbors have put it to good use since she got out of it.

It's too small for my carcass, but still too big to wheel through a 24" wide bathroom door.


* We were walking up to the University of Texas football stadium for the opening game, and I tripped over a curb & fell on her. Pore lil' thing, she said she thought a Peterbilt had run over her. But it was just peckerwood me.