We read about this place since it had barrier free trail. When
we get there in the parking lot there were a handful of handicap spots that
worked okay. Since we were at a barrier
free trail I thought there would be an accessible bathroom and I had to go. So
we get out and I see a building that looks like it might be a bathroom so we
head that way, but some of path was kind of almost like sand, and I almost got
stuck a couple times and then I finally got to the sidewalk that leads to the
bathroom, but when I got there the door was not wide enough to get through. So
we headed back down and my dad went and talked to the park rangers at their
table in the parking lot
They said that the handicapped bathroom was up the road but
the road was closed because it was silent Sunday. Where they didn't want cars going up the
road. They said that they've never run into this situation before, so I guess they
didn’t expect wheelchair users to use the barrier free trail on Sundays and
need the bathroom. So they said they
would open the gate for us so we could drive up there to get to the bathroom. As we drove up everyone that was walking down
the road and knew there weren’t supposed to be cars there kept giving us dirty
looks which was actually kind of funny. So we get up there and get to the
bathroom and I could get in, thank God because I really had to go by this time.
This wasn't the most accessible bathroom but at least I got to go.
So we come back down after still not finding accessible
barrier free trail, but when we got back to the parking lot we found the start
of the trail at the other end of the parking lot and finally when we got to the
trail the trail was a very accessible.
The
trail was basically a sidewalk that was easy to drive on, but there wasn't much
to see and it was rather short.
Then we
found a bathroom by that trail. This bathroom looked accessible (the door anyways)
but I couldn't get into it because it was locked. Which if this one was usable it would have helped
the previous problem.
Near
N 7th St.
and E Peoria Ave.
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