Alyssa-bilities: Activities To Do In The Summer With One Hand

SUMMERTIME!

Ahh Summer, what a wonderful time of year. The sun is shining, the whole family is together, and there are tons of fun summer activities to enjoy, but what types of activities can you do with one hand? Let's find out

What Activities Do I Do In The Summer?

For me, summer has always been my favorite season. Not only do you have tons of extra free time to go do fun activities, but we also escape the eight months of winter we get in Colorado. I'm just kidding, it's not that long, but it feels like it sometimes. With it being dry here in Colorado the weather feels extremely nice and we spend our time outside hiking, tubing, riding our bikes, playing mini-golf, boating, and camping. The nice thing is just about every activity I can do with one hand or I can do it with modifications.

Tips And Tricks I've Done With Different Activities

Over the years my family and I have found many different ways that I could do the activities I love with one hand. Some of these include...

Using Ski Poles As Hiking Sticks

Believe it or not, using ski poles as hiking sticks is a really good way to help you with or balance and helps with providing extra help on the steep area of a hike. The other thing that is nice is that they adjust to your height for comfort while out on a hike.

Manitou Incline, Colorado

Garden of The Gods

Tubing

One of the best activities to do when it is really hot outside is to go tubing. The way I would recommend doing it is to have at least two other people with you during this activity. The easiest way my parents found was having one of them hold my tube for me while the other helped me get on the tube. Another thing I recommend is choosing a place where the water is calmer, so it is easier for you to get in and out.

Riding A Bike

I have never had very good balance, so instead of riding a two-wheeler I ride on an adult trike. This allows me to still be able to go on bike rides with my family. I do recommend choosing trails that are for the most part flat because it can get challenging to try to go up a hill on this bike if you don't have strong leg muscles.

Playing Mini Golf

Another thing we like to go do is play

mini-golf. This is a fun activity because I only hold the golf club with one hand and try to get the ball in the whole. Some times I get the ball in and other times we laugh because I hit it across the course and have to go find it. Just like in this picture.