WHEEL CHAIR RIDER'S GUIDE
When a wheelchair-riding guy from Texas moves to California and hooks up with a skateboarding gal, they’ve got to find some wheel-friendly beaches. This book chronicles our search for wheelchair access on 150 miles of coastline, from Malibu to San Clemente. We traveled the coast in the year 2000, Erick on his Quickie manual wheelchair and Elisa on her skateboard. We drove every mile of the Los Angeles and Orange County coastline and hiked about a hundred miles of it. (Yes! We found that many usable trails!) Far from frustrating, we found the southern California coast to be remarkably accessible and full of surprises.

There’s a huge variety of beaches along the Los Angeles and Orange County coastline. Some are in urban areas packed with people and others are serene plant and wildlife refuges where you can spend an afternoon transfixed by the beauty. Along this coast you will find mountainous canyons and ocean cliffs, as well as flat sandy beaches with open views of waves and the horizon.

Erick and Elisa Mikiten.