There are drawbacks:
Being unable to get around very well is a PITA all over the place, and especially on vacation. Wheelchairs (unpowered) are fine for travel on flat surfaces, but not up and down hills of any sort. I was lucky because the folks at Kentucky Down Under helped out with their own golf carts and whatnot to get me in and out of bad situations, but Susan was whipped trying to push me around in the wheelchair. Walkers also don’t do well on inclines.
We do, however, now have a handicapped placard on the van/SUV that can be moved around and used, so long as I’m in the car. Let’s just say that Kentucky isn’t very handicapped-oriented, and parking places were very limited.
The Mammoth Cave area is loaded with tons and tons of tourist traps that don’t necessarily have a thing to do with caves…and they all look relatively cheesy to me, but I’m a horrible critic of such places. Tons of junk shops. Goofy / miniature golf under all sorts of names. A knife store with a $1 special which must have been made of tinfoil.
And a fascination on the Amish, by all that’s holy. Big signs saying NORTHERN AMISH FURNITURE - there’s a separatist Southern Amish group I don’t know about that chews tobacco? And - Amish Mattresses - using latex and memory foam??
I did find a nice used book store in Horse Cave…the kids wanted to check it out after lunch. There was a sign on the front door: ALL UNATTENDED CHILDREN WILL BE GIVEN A MOCHA LATTE AND A PUPPY. The Merediths saw that, backed off, brought me over, and then asked about the mocha (a favorite of Meredith Grace’s) and the puppy. The guy behind the counter, much amused, said the machine was broken and the puppy already went home.