Summer?

Yesterday was the first "official" day of summer break and can you believe my daughter actually said she was bored and wanted school to start again. I need to mark remember this when she has so much homework she doesn't know how she'll complete it all.
Have been trying to think of some things to do over the summer to keep me from going mad. I can always find things for me to do, but it's not always something Grace has the ability to do or it may not be something accessible.
You would be surprised how hard it can be to find things to do. My example is from a couple weekends ago. We decided to take a little drive to an old west town not too far from us. Now this is an actual old Gold Rush town with shops and museums. It's a state park and on the governments list to close soon due to budget problems. So I thought it wold be fun to visit before it closes. So after driving there, and spending 10 minutes on the main street I knew we'd made a huge mistake. The last time we'd taken Grace she was in a manual wheelchair and we could pull her chair over steps. Well, that's impossible with a power chair, they're just too heavy. I'd forgotten that Grace couldn't get into any of the shops because, being an old town all the thresh holds had a step and the doorways were much too narrow for her chair.
So we scratched this plan and loaded back into the car and drove further. We headed to a pizza parlor in the mountains that is supposed to be magnificent. We found the building which was pretty high off the ground. I'm assuming it was so high because in the winter they'd be buried under a snow. We were thrilled to see that they had a ramp. But upon a closer look the ramp was no way near legal. It was so steep I'm not sure anyone sober uses it. Plus once you got to the entrance using the roller coaster ramp you still couldn't get into the building because there was a step up. Nice try guys, but NO.
Thankfully Grace had a friend with her, so she had entertainment and wasn't as frustrated as I was. We finally found a tribal casino that Grace could get into. They had a nice bowling alley and arcade for the girls to hang out at while my husband and I threw some money away in the casino.
Most people think a ramp is all you need to be accessible, but it's not the case. There are so many places a wheelchair can't get into or maneuver in. So my quest for things to do starts now:)