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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.  Thanks everyone, I appreciate it!  My mom is definitely coming with us; no ability to reschedule at this point.  I'm going to try these tactics, and hopefully it will work.  My mom refuses a wheelchair.  She'll use a wheelchair in the airport, but that's it.  My mom is 69 and looks 10 years younger, until you see her try to walk, so she refuses to use a wheelchair as she wants to keep up appearances that she is younger.  I adore my mom, and my kids are really looking forward to having her with us.  I just don't want to hurt her feelings, and, at the same time, the trip has been long in the making and is a big expenditure for us (so we won't be going back anytime soon), and I want to make sure we get to explore.  [/quote]

yeah! have fun! can you post where you're going?

i have a lot of very good memories of walking verrrry slowly with my grandmother gripping my hand on multiple adventure-type trips where she would take a little look-see and then go sit down somewhere. I also remember that in Yellowstone park, she and my granfather mostly stayed in their cabin - we went back in the late afternoons, hung out with them, watched some tv, and then went to dinner together as a family. We also did a bit more driving through the park than we might have done otherwise. As an adult, I'm so glad I got that time with both of them.[/quote]

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