[Travelandtourism] Trip ideas

Thu Apr 10 20:34:06 UTC 2014

Course,
Well, I was just laying out some thoughts I had so as to minimize the amount
of vehicle time and maximize outdoor time--that's where all the sensory
stuff really comes in--outside. Thing about this neck of the woods is there
are all these beautiful places, one can spend so much time driving from one
to another, it can sap time from actual exploration. 
I did read the Braille Monitor article. It may be possible to get a good
trip out in October; but if we're talking Wyoming and Montana, it's going to
be pretty snowy and cold already. It doesn't tend to get very warm in the
summer in those parts. One plus for us blind folks about getting out in the
Summer and late spring is more natural sounds. More birds and frogs making
noise, wishing to make babies, is a delightful way to discover the unique
natural qualities of a region.
Trevor
PS, another possible plus about summer and Spring travel is there's a better
chance I can go:).

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Trevor,
Well this past trip to Utah, there were many sites to see and not see.  We
all know that blind people cannot see things, that is why we made sure we
used all of our senses.
We all had a wonderful time, from Las Vegas to the other National Parks
like, we even participated in wonderful activities and more.
Plus, these trips are not only for the blind, they are fundraisers, to
educate the sighted especially the tour operator learned a lot from us.  So
we want as many sighted individuals to go as we want the blind to come out
and learn more than just looking through the windows.
On the bus, we all took turns, explaining what we could see, and the tour
operator, tried his best to explain what we were looking at.
We got off the bus many, many time, and the places I am thinking will have
more than just sitting on the buses going ohs and ahs.
So, we need to have that negativity of what we cannot see and do, to what we
can do.
Example:  At the Snow Canyon State Park, we walked along the red sands, we
touched the sand, and the different brush, and smelled the air, there were
even still buds of flowers, and the quiet in the park.  We went to the part
of the park where we did a little comfortable hike that everyone could do,
and event went and climbed around and there were signatures in the canyon
from what the people came through during the 1800s and carved there names
into it.
So, we did more than just sit in the bus.

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> From: tattenberg at gmail.com
> To: travelandtourism at nfbnet.org
> Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2014 12:42:02 -0700
> Subject: Re: [Travelandtourism] Trip ideas
> 
> It'd probably be a better idea, at least from the prospective of the 
> outdoorsy types, to concentrate on one of those fine destinations, 
> since we're talking many hundreds of miles from Grand Tetons to 
> Glacier. I've not been to any of them, but I'm sure they're all way 
> cool. But the blind traveler might not be so keen to make a simple bus 
> ride and window viewing trip of it. Maybe it'd be more  practical to 
> either focus on Jellystone, or try to combine it with Grand Teton. I 
> know there are a million simple sights at Yellowstone alone that don't 
> require going too far out of the way, like the geysers, bison, canyon, 
> petrified forest, etc. The other places seem to be more exclusively 
> about the wilderness and mountain aspects--they might be more light on 
> tourist crowds though. Summer would probably be the best time, unless 
> the intention is to go skiing or snowshoeing. Access and lodging are much
more limited once the snow comes.
>  Best,
> Trevor
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2014 11:32 AM
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> 
> 
> Sounds like good ideas and i will look into them
> 
> Cheryl Echevarria
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> <div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Milt Taylor 
> <miltjotaylor at gmail.com> </div><div>Date:04/10/2014  2:28 PM  
> (GMT-05:00)
> </div><div>To: Cheryl Echevarria <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com>
> </div><div>Subject: Trip ideas </div><div> </div> Think it would be 
> nice to go to Yellow Stone,  West Yellow Stone, the Grand Tetons, 
> Jackson Hole and maybe even Glacier National Park.
> 
> Milt Taylor - Sent from my iPhone
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