[Blind-rollers] traveling for fun

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Hi Becky -- good to hear from you --
You sound like you are about at the physical level I was at when I was in 
college -- still able to walk, using the wheelchair when it was icy or when 
going to unfamiliar places.  I also had a lot more vision then.  Talk about 
knocking my confidence to the curb, I had a whole string of nasty fractures 
and now I do not walk at all. So it's the chair only.
I definitely do not go to unfamiliar places myself any more.
It's not because I don't want to, I assure you.  I remember at school 
walking I would take my cane and go exploring buildings to get a better 
picture of campus.  I met a lot of people that way and also learned a lot of 
alternat routes, which was important as they were always doing construction 
on one part of campus or another.
Well, can't live in the past.
There may be no perfect solution to how to handle things as my mother grows 
older.
I think the perfect solution would be to work on as much independence as 
possible while she is still up and kicking and then find a roommate that can 
stand living with me...not really, I'm just kidding -- I actually think I'm 
a pretty good roommate, but my health is unpredictable so that is a concern.
Well, keep on rollin' all!
Hugs.
--le




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Becky Frankeberger" <b.butterfly at comcast.net>
To: "'Blind wheelchair users list'" <blind-rollers at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 9:48 PM
Subject: [Blind-rollers] traveling for fun


If it is somewhere I know I will travel alone in my wheelchair, or on good
days, when I walk,  with Jake my dog guide. Generally I take transit
wherever I go.  The drivers are great to point me in the right direction, or
if I choose they will walk me inside a building.

If it is somewhere I am not familiar, Kevin goes with me. He is the better
traveler.  I also have friends I hang with, smile.  The hearing and sight
loss has really kicked my confidence to the curb.  So I have to make myself
which takes tons of energy.  Like I have to go shopping for new tops.
Hopefully Kevin will come with me, but really I can go alone as I have been
to this mall before on the bus.  I am just chicken and will wait until the
last possible moment then I have no choice but to go, if Kevin does not want
to go.

For out of town trips, I go with sighted help as I can't always get good
directions to ramps, gates, that sort of thing.

Warm hugs,

I am knitting a purple afghan that looks like a quilt.  It is so cool
looking, smile.

Becky and Jake



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