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Accessible RV Checklist
Access Travel Rights
Handicapped Travel Club
Rolling Down The Trail
Family RVing
Schooling Options for RVers
Kartchner Caverns State Park
Oscar Scherer State Park
10 RVing Tips for Newbies
The Accessible RV Site
Riding The Rails
The Enabled RVer Resources
Access Travel Guides
Selecting a Cane for Travel
Fulltime RVing Challenges
Campground Access
HTC Accessible Park List
Arizona Day Drive
Touring Arizona
Columbia River Region
RVing with Kids
Volunteering and RVing
RVing and Children
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| Enabled RVer Resources and Links |
| Quick Resource List |
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| • Access-Able Travel Source, the free Internet information service for travelers with disabilities. http://www.access-able.com P.O. Box 1796, Wheat Ridge, CO 80034.E-mail: carol@accessable.com • Accessible RV Literature-- Free! Recreational Vehicle Industry Association (RVIA) (Editor's Note: This is a really great resource for accessible RV manufacturers and other vehicles.) A directory with information on RV accessibility for the disabled, as well as RV shows, publications, rental sources and clubs, can be obtained by writing RVIA, P.O. Box 2999, Dept. P., Reston, VA 20195. Internet users can order other RV travel publications online, as well as access extensive information, news, and tips on RV travel at www.rvia.org and www.GoRVing.com. For general RV travel information, a free 18-minute “getting started” video full of RV shopping and travel tips from actual RVers, accompanied by a detailed companion guide and list of local dealers and campgrounds, is available by calling 1-888-Go RVing or logging on to www.GoRVing.com. • Access Northern California www.accessnca.com Great resources for access travel in northern California. Ask for a free copy of their new access guide, San Francisco Access. • Book Resource Take Back Your Life! Travel Full-Time In An RV Author: Stephanie Bernhagen ISBN (International Standard Book Number): 0-9700263-0-7 Copyright: 2000 Ordering Information: http://www.rvhometown.com New RVing Book Addresses Many Lifestyles By Hope Sykes Well, I tried, but I just couldn't find anything wrong with this book. I've traveled over 200,000 miles by RV full-time and I thought that I couldn't learn anything new. I was wrong. I thought that Stephanie might focus on high end rigs. Nope. She even covers the fine art of boondocking (camping for free without hook-ups.) She even has the full-timing family covered and homeschoolers. Best of all (I'm biased here), she covered the disabled RVer in her chapter on "Physically Challenged Nomads." Not only does she have detailed information, worksheets, and a resource directory, but she also has a healthy dose of interviews with folks from all walks of life who had wanted to take charge of their life and had embraced the RVing lifestyle. Do you have to consider the life of a full-timer in order to enjoy this book? Nope. Part-timers, vacationers, and dreamers will all find something useful in this contemporary RVing guide. If you want a book loaded with information in an easy-to-read format that you can pick up and read from any chapter, then this book is for you. **2/6/01 Editor's Note: Stephanie was appear in the Discovery Channel's program Discovery Civilization, Ties That Bind. It is a documentary on the full-timing lifestyle and will air in April 2001.** • Dogs For The Deaf http://www.dogsforthedeaf.org "The oldest and largest training center for Hearing Dogs in the United States. These dogs are rescued from shelters, given special training, and then placed free of charge with deaf people nationwide and in Canada." • eBility http://www.ebility.com A versatile web site with lifestyle features, news, and travel. Candy Harrington, of Emerging Horizons, runs the Travel channel at this site. If you are wondering if RVing is for you, you might want to take a look at this page http://www.ebility.com/news/item?scope=public&news_id=16473. Check out the Accessible RV Rental List at the end of the feature if you are considering a rental. If you are looking for a bit of humor (and practical information), go to the "Photo Gallery" in Candy's Travel channel. There you'll find a selection called "Potties of the World." There's some really neat photos of accessible toilets from around the world. • Emerging Horizons: The Accessible Travel Newsletter Candy Harrington http://www.emerginghorizons.com. Mailto: horizons@candy-charles.com Candy Harrington Emerging Horizons; Accessible Travel News Candy & Charles Creative Concepts P.O. Box 278 Ripon, CA 95366 • Families On The Road Families on the Road Newsletter, a resource for families who RV fulltime or want to. Web sites: http://www.familiesontheroad.com and http://members.aol.com/rovinusa/. The mailing address is: Families on the Road, 2601 S. Minnesota Avenue, Suite 105-191, Sioux Falls, SD 57105. • Free Campgrounds of the West (http://www.freecampgrounds.com). An excellent resource for free camping opportunities in the West. • Gimp on the Go http://www.gimponthego.com Offers interesting access travel information especially by land, sea, or air. • Global Access Disabled Travel Network http://www.geocities.com/Paris/1502/index.html Great resources and articles. Free e-zine available by e-mail. • Handicapped Travel Club, www.handicappedtravelclub.com. The Handicapped Travel Club (HTC) encourages people with varying kinds of disabilities to travel, meet, and share information on camping spots and adaptive equipment for recreational vehicles. Formed in 1973, the 260+ member club publishes a quarterly newsletter, has local get-togethers, and holds an annual rally, which rotates among various sections of the country. (Editor's Note: The Handicapped Travel Club is also a great resource if you are a campground owner and would like to ask how to make your park more wheelchair convenient.) The club motto is "For Fun and Fellowship." For more information contact Merle Young, 12555 Lantern Road, Fishers, IN 46038. E-mail: KB9PDM@ARRL.net. • New RVer (http://www.newrver.com) If you are new to RVing, you'll want to stop here for articles, tips, and resources. • Out West Newspaper (http://www.outwestnewspaper.com). Chuck Woodbury edits and publishes this newspaper that will lead you off the major roads and into the back roads of colorful America. • Pop UP Times http://www.popuptimes.com/ A great publication and resource for pop up camper owners and enthusiasts. Pop UP Times, 225 Mill Street, NE, Vienna, VA 22180. E-mail: popuptimes@aol.com Phone: (703) 938-3722 FAX: (703) 281-5960 • RV Care http://www.rvcare.com Over 1000 rv sites of special interest to rvers. Also offers the RV Club. • RV Guide http://www.rvguide.com This new web site is going to be a real mecca for RVing enthusiasts. Lots of links for directories, campgrounds, resources, and clubs. • RV Lifestyle Newsletter http://www.rvhometown.com Stephanie Bernhagen, author of Take Back Your Life! Travel Full-Time In An RV, co-edits this e-mail newsletter. RV Lifestyle provides tips, current information on the lifestyle, and much more. Information for how to sign up is listed at the above web site. • RVing--The Midwest Connection http://walden.mvp.net/~vdrex "A non-commercial site for exchange of information about RVing in the Midwest." See their new "Special Needs RVer" page. • The Deaf Dog Education Action Fund http://www.deafdogs.org/. Not to forget our furry friends who have a disability, you'll want to check out this site if your dog is deaf or if you would like to learn about adopting a deaf dog. You'll really want to spend some time at this non-profit organization's site. You'll see animated hand signals for teaching commands, great reference book links, and lots of good background information. 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