Kellisa's Path

Saturday, May 18, 2024

Historic Mountain Cabin at Colter Bay Village

Grand Teton National Park

Wyoming

August 2023

Kellisa and her father had 2 nights and 1 day available to spend in Grand Teton National Park. The only lodging available at the last minute was a regular cabin in Colter Bay Village with 2 beds. If we wanted to stay inside the park, we needed to select this non-ADA cabin. The benefits of not spending time we didn't have driving, we knew we could make it work, especially since it was just two nights.

The route from our parking spot was a little rough and the entrance was narrow with an immediate tight turn, but once inside our cabin, we found it plenty big enough for Kellisa to maneuver around in her manual wheelchair. This was Kellisa's first visit to Grand Teton National Park and we would have loved to stay in the park longer. Maybe next time, we can plan further out and book an accessible cabin for at least a week.

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Friday, May 17, 2024

Flashback Post - Kellisa Standing for M&Ms

May 2006

Jacksonville, FL

Kellisa working so hard to stand with support from mom. She was motivated and rewarded with individual M&Ms spread out where she could reach them. Kellisa used her pincher grab to pick them up one at a time before placing them in her mouth to enjoy. After so much work, I can only imagine how great those M&Ms must have tasted to Kellisa.

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Sunday, May 5, 2024

Bearizona Wildlife Park

Williams, Arizona

January 2023

Egypt had the opportunity to spend some time with her Auntie Courtney ad Uncle George in Phoenix. After a fun filled few days, we stopped at Bearizona Wildlife Park where we signed up for a behind the scenes tour. Besides seeing and learning about the animals from park staff, Egypt was able to feed a porcupine, bison, and some river otters. We got to observe many animals, including black bears in their natural habitats. Bearizona is only 58 miles from the South Rim of the Grand Canyon and well worth the visit if you're ever in the area.