Old Town St. Charles Missouri

September 8, 2012

I knew that Old Town St. Charles would not be too handicap friendly since it is such an old place, but I wanted to see some of the old buildings. The sidewalks were pretty bad and rough to drive my wheelchair over. I could surprisingly get on and off the sidewalks at almost every block. Most of the stores we went past were inaccessible. We could have continued more through old town St. Charles but I was tired of driving over the rough sidewalks.

 

Katy trail and Lewis and Clark boathouse visitor center - St. Charles MO

 

September 8, 2012

Lewis and Clark boathouse visitor center

We parked near the Lewis and Clark boathouse where there was a big parking lot with plenty of handicap spots and for some reason that day they were mostly open parking spots. We just went in to the Lewis and Clark visitor center and gift shop to use the bathroom. To get to the gift shop and bathrooms we had to use the elevator which at the bottom it says to back in into the elevator which we weren't sure why since it didn't say. The mail lady that rode in the elevator of the elevator with us said it was so you didn’t back out of the elevator with your wheelchair and turn the wrong way you'd go down the stairs. So when we got to the top I came out front words and saw an open staircase on one side. In the gift shop it was really crowded and hard to get around. The bathroom was pretty difficult to use since there were two doors one into the bathroom and one into the stall which I needed both open at the same time and there was not enough room to do much.

 

 

1050 South Riverside Drive  St. Charles, MO 63301

Katy trail

This was near the Lewis and Clark boathouse where we parked.  There were great handicap bathrooms and family rooms. This was a nice trail, the part we walked on at least, with benches every so often and a nice paved trail.

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Allin’s diner – St. Charles Missouri

September 8, 2012

This was a small diner and parking lot, but they did have a good handicap spot. It was a little tight inside and a little difficult to get to our table, but when I got parked at the table it was the perfect height and worked fine.

130 N Kingshighway St Charles,MO 63301


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A’mis pizza - Webster Groves, MO

September 7, 2012

 

The parking was questionable but we were able to park okay. There is no way to get on the sidewalk near the place but a couple doors down for a little ramp to get on the sidewalk. The door was a little small, but okay. Then there was a skinny hall that went from the door of to the counter.  Most of the place was small and tight to get around. There was one table I could get to when we arrived because the dining room was pretty much full and the only empty table was the one we took but there might have been one or two that would be hard to get to. I didn't go to the bathroom so I don't know what that was like.

 

 

9824 Manchester Road, Webster Groves, MO

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Cuba Area Chamber of Commerce - Cuba, Missouri

September 7, 2012

This was not too far off the interstate. There was really good parking right in front of the building and plenty of room around the spot which was right next to a ramp to get onto the sidewalk.  inside there was quite a bit of room to look around and all of travel information. The bathroom here was excellent with a huge stall that was easy to use. The paper towels and the sink worked great and I could even get my own paper towels and wash my hands without help.

 

 

71 Hwy P

Cuba, MO 65453

Exit 208 on I-44

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Red Barn Cafe & Hen House Bakery - Mount Vernon MO

September 7, 2012

There were two handicap spots in front that were full, so we parked in a spot and let our ramp out just to get unloaded.  Someone was about to park there but they parked elsewhere.   The front section of the restaurant was accessible the other part was up a step. The soup bar was close to where the door to the bathroom was.  It might be little difficult to get to the bathroom but I think it would've worked.   there was a bump/steep ramp thing at the doorway but I was able to get in.

 

107 W Mount Vernon Blvd

Mount Vernon, MO 65712


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Sleep Inn & Suites - Parsons, KS

9/5 and 9/6 2012

We were staying in Parsons Kansas, mostly so we could get fried chicken in Pittsburg Kansas which was nearby.

We stayed here a couple years ago and knew it had a handicap room with two queen beds. We knew it wasn't the greatest accessible room but it worked and there were not many other places to stay in the area anyways. There were two doors in the front of the building which were not automatic so I had to wait for help or go with somebody to get out. The Elevator was okay, kind of small but it worked alright. Our room was on the second floor and was close to the elevator, so that was nice. Inside the room it wasn't really spacious.

 

There was a long hallway from our door to the beds in the main part of the room, this worked okay by giving us places to park the hoyer lift and my wheelchair when I'm not in it.

 

The bathroom had enough room for me to get in and enough room around the toilet.

 

 

The sink I could not get under or use, I had to use the desk in the room that happened to have a mirror to brush my teeth. We couldn't get the lift under the bed so we had to slide me to the corner to be able to use the lift which wasn't great but it worked.

1807 Harding Drive, Parsons, KS, US, 67357

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Subway Parsons, KS

Sept 6, 2012

Parking wasn't great, but we could get out of the van. One ramp to the sidewalk looked bad, but there was another place to get on.  Inside there was a lot of space to get around. Everything was just like a standard subway. The one table next to the door had the handicap logo and was completely open on one side with plenty of space around it, this worked great.

 

 

2010 Main Street, Parsons, KS

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Chicken Annie's Original Pittsburg KS

September 5 and 6 2012

There were a couple of handicap parking spots, but were full both nights we were here.  It wasn’t real busy either night so there were plenty of other places to park next to empty spots.  There was no wheelchair access to the bathroom.  There was quite a bit of room everywhere else in the restaurant, so it was easy to get to our table and it worked fine.

 

 

1143 East 600th Avenue  Pittsburg, KS 66762

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