I have been lucky that most of the businesses that I want
to go to are wheelchair accessible. In the last couple months I have gone to a
couple watering holes in my surrounding area that I could only get into by
using my Roll a Ramp. It was no big deal. There were always people there
willing to help unload, set up and load the ramp whenever I wheeled up.
When I first met the owners of TJ's Corral, we hit it off
right away. They are entertaining. I was there probably three times before I
showed them my wheelchair accessible pickup conversion. Tanya's exact words
were, "Get out the front door!" Then she told me that she was working
on getting a ramp built. I kind of thought it was just talk. But within the
week a ramp was built. It is perfect. Jared and Tanya rock.
I first met HJ and Mary about a year ago. I believe even
then HJ was talking about starting a new bar. We hung out at his place a couple
times and rocked out. Over the winter the plans for their new bar started
coming together. The grand opening for the Rusty Spur was on June 14. I was
able to get in to the remodeled old building by using my Roll a Ramp. But HJ
and Mary promised me that they would have a ramp built as soon as possible. It
wasn't a couple weeks later and the ramp was built. Talk about accommodating.
Every time I have been there it has been a good time.
As my friend Gwen said, "Clint, you are making the
world ADA compliant one bar at a time. Awesome!"
I can't thank all of these awesome people and their
businesses enough for what they have done for not only me but the whole
wheelchair/handicapped community. Barriers suck. But because of you guys a
couple barriers have been removed. You all don't suck.
Thanks for reading, Clint.
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