![]() ![]() It's only a 40 minute drive, so we'll give it a shot. You can imagine my surprise when I found a mine tour, fairly close to home, that welcomed people of all abilities. ![]() ![]() Those that do stress that it is not an adventure for those who are not physically up to going up and down shafts, hiking in the dark over rough and rocky terrain, or having to climb stairs or ladders. Some are open for surface tours only.like the Kennedy Mine in Jackson.and extremely few allow visitors to actually tour the shafts and tunnels. When they were active, none were ever thinking about becoming tourist attractions. Most of them long closed and pretty dangerous to explore for anybody. Here in California's Gold Country, there are hundreds of mines. ![]() We'll do what it takes to make it work if it's even just hinting at being accessible like the time we went zip lining down a Costa Rican volcano with Tim, hiked to the top of the tallest mountain in Tennessee, trekked through an alligator infested swamp in South Carolina, went on an air boat adventure in the Everglades.but this time, it required no effort at all other than an easy 40 minute drive from home. When you're in a wheelchair, there are certain features of geography that are usually off-limits for you.beaches, water sports, caves.so when you do find something that goes against the grain, you jump on it with a vengeance. ![]()
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