Four days before Halloween, the weather in Utah was still at 70 degrees. We decided to try out a place that isn't listed as wheelchair friendly. It doesn't say 'unfriendly' to wheelchairs or strollers but it should. It's a 2.3 mile loop from the park to the Draper Suspension Bridge. I really wanted to see that bridge. The trail site says it's good for all ages. Not quite.
We never made it as far as the bridge so I borrowed this picture from the Draper City website. The views from the bridge are supposed to be spectacular and many families with little children trooped by us and up the stairs.
There is a kind of staging area where you can use the restroom and have a drink from the water fountain in season. There was one handicapped accessible restroom still open but that's all.
There is a small parking lot with two handicapped spaces although that must be only to satisfy state law. There is no reason to stop here except to hike up the trail.
We are not faint-hearted and we decided to try to go up the same way cars and off-road vehicles do it--on the access road. Our car has no clearance so using it was not an option.
Bill attacked the curb head on but it was no good. We had to go back up by our car so we could get on the sidewalk. That worked. Here is Bill at the top of the really awful concrete at the entrance to the road.
Beyond the concrete section there is some soft dirt. The road is not graded and there is hardly any gravel on it.
Bill got stuck pretty badly in the soft dirt. I was all the way up to the first switchback so I went back and asked him if he wanted to quit and go home. He didn't. Eventually, he made it past that part. Then we both got stuck. We decided to take some pretty pictures of the hills and the valley and pack it in.
The pictures don't do this place justice. It was really pretty out there but a little overcast. Truthfully, we would still be there looking at the views if a kind man named Mike hadn't come along and pulled my chair out of the sand. Nice place but don't go if you use a wheelchair.
