BR and I took a road trip to New Orleans this past weekend for the Jazz and Heritage Festival. We met up with our friends Jeanne and Greg from Oakland, as well as the Louisiana crew.
This was BR's first trip to New Orleans in a wheelchair. On the whole, things went well. We arrived at 4am on Friday looking a bit like the Beverly Hillbillies after being on the road for 10 hours. The room at the Iberville Suites had just enough space to accommodate the hospital bed and wheelchair.
The streets and sidewalks of the French Quarter have never been known as consistent. Potholes, missing sections of bricks, and general unevenness make navigating in a wheelchair quite the adventure. We shot a video while walking down Bourbon Street this past Saturday evening to give you a feel.
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You've made your own wheelchair kamikaze video! I remembered thinking the same thing about accessibility when I was in N.O. last year. So glad you guys made it to jazz fest!
Hey, great video! Gives you a great "butt level" feel for Bourbon Street. Very cool...
Mind if I post a link to it on my site?
Hi Marc - We're glad you approve. :-) We've got another we shot in London's Piccadilly Circus. Still need to edit it down a bit.
A link back would be cool. Your videos are very inspiring and entertaining.
what a neat video! when my xhusband went to NO, he said the whole city smelled like beer & puke!
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