2005 (Kellisa's First 18 Years)

After a few good hikes in 2004, I thought 2005 would be our year to get out and explore. The outdoors would be ours!

 

I was wrong, very wrong!

 

The year started out with a surgery to remove the hardware from Kellisa hips. The six-week recovery period was as brutal as the original surgery. Thankfully, The Wiggles were there to help Kellisa through another difficult six weeks.

 

2004 (Kellisa's First 18 Years)

I was traveling a lot for work and when I had to spend the week before Memorial Day weekend in Atlanta, I invited Lisa and Kellisa to join me. It was a mini vacation. I could join them for lunch and evening swims after dinner. I started researching hikes with wheelchairs. I found a short accessible trail leading to a viewpoint of the highest waterfalls east of the Mississippi only an hour from Atlanta. Finished with work, we drove to the trail on Saturday morning.  I was bursting with excitement. I found a hike I could do with Kellisa. It was a beautiful trail, and I easily pushed Kellisa to the viewpoint. The waterfall was breathtaking. The endless mountain views were inspiring. Kellisa was having fun. This was Kellisa’s first wheeled hike on an accessible trail. I was disappointed beyond belief.