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Treading Lightly: Freedom for all to ride or walk in the great outdoors

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    Max Michaud takes a break from her training with Maine Adaptive Sports & Recreation
    at the Back Cove Trail in Portland.​

    Treading Lightly: Freedom for all to ride or walk in the great outdoors
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    Portland, ME - Two weeks ago, I stopped by the Back Cove Trail in Portland with my dog Lola to talk with some folks from Maine Adaptive Sports & Recreation, among them Leo Albert. He greeted Lola warmly.

    “I’m lucky to live near the Green Belt path in South Portland,” Leo said. “I can’t use this for long periods,” he said, pointing to the four-wheeled walker he was sitting on, “but I use my motorized wheelchair, and I know every dog. Every one of them. I bring treats, and they nuzzle around my chair for them.”

    Leo started working with Maine Adaptive this summer to modify the recumbent tricycle he has barely used for the past 13 years, because of a painful leg length discrepancy. He pointed to one of the tricycles parked nearby and said he was looking forward ...


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