The book starts with some background as to what promoted the author to write it. It includes information about his wife's medical diagnosis and a summary of how they managed her deterioration.
The book then starts with dated entries that cover May 2002 through to May 2023. It is written very much in the style of a diary
I liked the occasional tips about how the couple managed hotel rooms that weren't quite as accessible as they needed to be. Ideas such as in Chapter 5, where we are told that they learned long before to carry portable grab bars with suction cups to attach to bathroom and shower walls.
However, I did find the tone of the author very self-congratulatory a lot of the time. Over the course of the book my interest in reading it waned, but I continued on in the hope of discovering more gems to help me when travelling, myself. I was to be disappointed in that. And eventually I crammed reading it in to as few days as possible, so that I could move on and leave it behind.
I didn't feel that I learned anything beneficial about travelling as a disabled person, nor anything that I felt inspired me to take on new challenges beyond those I already do. As a result, I will not be recommending this book.
Thank you to NetGalley and Black Rose Writing for approving me to read this book for free.
2/5 Stars
Official description:
Can you continue traveling as you get older or if you are disabled? On Two Legs and Three Wheels answers that with an emphatic, "Yes!"
Multiple sclerosis disabled the legs of the author's wife twenty years ago, making her rely on a mobility scooter, and now both the author and his wife are in their seventies. But none of that stopped them from traveling. On two legs and three wheels, they have traveled to twenty countries and twenty states. Perseverance, ingenuity, and flexibility have enabled them to overcome virtually all obstacles. These characteristics are on full display in the two dozen tales of their travels to locales as diverse as Alpine peaks, Caribbean beaches, desert canyons, and urban boulevards, via planes, trains, cars, buses, and ships.
Their adventures will inspire disabled and older people to keep traveling, while engaging in activities that thrill fully abled partners, as well. And their travel tales will delight and entertain readers of all ages and physical conditions.
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