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P.O. Box  1320, Driggs, ID 83422 - 800.929.4811
208.787.2338 - fax 208.787.2332 - access@silverstar.com


CowboyFebruary 3, 2008

Howdy,

This is our 20th year! Yes, we started in 1988 and the years have just flown by, which is a common remark but certainly true.

It was in ’86 I think, that I had the germ for the idea that became Access Tours — a non-profit organization providing package vacation tours in the American West, including National Parks and other special areas, for people with physical disabilities, especially slow walkers and scooter or wheelchair users, along with those who would normally accompany them.

 
The Oregon Tour itinerary is still being fine-tuned, but it will be in mid-August and should be completed within a few days. It always takes a long time to create a new tour, what with finding hotels with adequate numbers of accessible rooms that are available when we need them, eating establishments, pit stops and of course, attractions. But the wait will be worthwhile, as there are many terrific things to see and do in Oregon.
  Studio in Hollywood

We may have a fall tour which, if we do, will likely be the Grand Canyon trip, which includes Zion and Bryce Canyon National Parks. It will depend on both interest and scheduling conflicts, as we already have a couple of custom trips at this time for small groups.

About the dates of our tours — we try to schedule tours so that the weather will be warm, but not hot, for those who have a difficult time in the heat. Of course, we can only play the averages and the climates are changing, but it usually works.

Typically, there are only 8 or 10 guests per tour, so if a tour appeals to you, please call right away for your reservation, so you won't find your choice already full. In the past, we have gone ahead a run a tour even if there were only 4 or 5 guests. Beginning this year, that will no longer be the case and we will cancel a tour if we don't have a minimum of 6 guests. Unfortunately, too often people will hem and haw, waiting too long to make their decision and either finding a tour full or we have already had to cancel our surplus room reservations. This hurts them and can be inconsiderate to others.
 

Hot Pools in Yellowstone
We often create special or custom, tours. If you and at least 5 others would like one of your own, please contact us to discuss the possibilities.

As you may know, Access Tours has been offering accessible package tours of National Parks and other special areas in the West, especially for slow walkers and wheelchair users, along with those who would normally accompany them, since 1989. Able-bodied people who find our tours to their liking often join us. Singles are welcome. Vehicles are wheelchair lift equipped.

Oregon Coast 
 
 
For those of you considering our tours for the first time, you should know that Access Tours offers learning travel and you are given the Story Behind the Scenery, not just windshield views of places visited, so that you go home knowing a great deal more than when you began. This is why our tours are of particular areas, instead of large regions. We spend a great deal of time in selecting wonderful destinations and activities for you to experience. We also take much time in finding the most suitable hotels available for your special needs. Outside of Disney World, accessibility may never be perfect, but we make it pretty comfortable so that your journey will be full of terrific memories.

Access Tours is a service of Access Institute. This is a non-profit organization, and we are always most appreciative of the tax-deductible contributions that many people make. You know who you are and I thank you once again. There are always needs, whether it's to help someone be able to take a tour who might not be able to otherwise, to acquire equipment, or attempting to raise funds for a new bus for next year. Currently, we are in the process of initiating a therapeutic riding program in our area.

Lastly, thank you for taking the trouble to search for us. It isn't easy, I know. You might use search words such as accessible tours, accessible travel, disabled tours, disabled travel, wheelchair tours, wheelchair travel, slow walkers, and still not find us in the first 80 listings. It can be very frustrating, I know. I just checked under 'disabled tours', and we were on page 4, way after, for instance, the Lincoln Center. Ridiculous!

Come enjoy the West with us!
Clint Grosse, Director
access@silverstar.com

Access Tours Director, Clint Grosse
   
Travel the American West with Access Tours
Southern California & Spanish Missions
with 5 missions, Wild Animal Park, Flower Fields, Aquarium, Hollywood, Universal City, J.P. Getty Museum & More!
 Santa Fe & 3 National Parks

Mesa Verde, Canyonlands and Arches National Parks, plus Bandelier National Monument
& More!

Yellowstone and
Grand Teton National Parks

with Jackson's Hole, River Trip,
Cody & Buffalo Bill Historical Center 

Oregon
Including Portland, Bonneville Lock & Dam on the Columbia River, the Beautiful coast, Howard Hughs' Spruce Goose, Wineries & More

General Information
Reservations, Deposits, Cancellations, etc.

Oregon Photo by Larry Geddis


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