Blind folks don't sit home unless they have to or want to. I'm cool with reading and whatnot but vacations are for vacationing so, when I have the funds, I'm outta here.

I go home to NYC whenever I can. I also like the Outer Banks or rock hunting expeditions.

We planned an epic adventure up through New England this year but had to cancel for health reasons. This would've included a NH observatory, Niagara Falls, Portland, ME and of course, NYC.

I took my son to California when he was little. We went to SeaWorld and the San Diego Zoo and all over the place between Oceanside and San Diego. I took him to Dayton and WPAFB, too.

My wife and I go on skeet trips a few times a year. We are part of an organization that consist of both blind and sighted skiers. We pair up, so the sighted skiers can act as guides for the blind skiers; there are also hiking and kayaking trips.

We visit family a few times a year. Personally, I dread going through airports as a blind person. They can be tricky to get through, but the chief reason I dread them is you never know how the employees are going to be, and some of them are extremely difficult to deal with.

PS I also travel for work a few times a year, which has me take the Gray Hound.

I notice the annual ACB conference is at a different major travel destination every year.

I assume it is a vacation because that's a great marriage.

* There are already around a thousand attendees who are visually impaired or dedicated to supporting them.
* there's an entire logistical support structure that has to be put in place to accommodate the visually impaired with volunteers, transportation, guide dog accommodations...
* there's an opportunity for community interaction, socializing, and safety in numbers
* there are many entertainment activities like audio described movies, mixers, tours of local sights and experiences all based out of a single hotel

I just kind of assumed that many people who are blind treated those types of conferences as vacations. Am I wrong?

Hey! Thanks for answering my question! I have more questions. When you say follow head to tail is that literal? Porr horse if he has to keep his head at the other one’s tail the whole time. Lol Or is that more figuratiiive, like they follow the other horse’s tail but at a distance?? Is it like the horse rides where the horses stay in a line and walk the whole way? I’d love to try horseback riding, but I’d definitely want to gallop. Can you gallop if the horse is following head to tail? Do you think a person could get by riding if another person were verbally giving them direction, like left, straight, turn around? Could you teach a horse to follow voice commands? Lol sorry like i said I know nothing.

Now I will answer your questions. I meant to but I forgot. Sorry. I still have some useable vision, not totally blind, but probably less than you because you can see there is a horse in front of you on the trail. I probably could as well, but it depends on how far ahead they are and the lighting conditions and so on. I have never travelled alone, unless you count the airport stuff. I’ve been through airports alone, but not destinations. I’m hoping to do that this year sometime. Working on building up the courage.

I like to do things on vacation rather than look at things. Museums aren’t my thing unless there is an awesome tour guide that is an excellent story teller. In Colorado I went hiking, zip lining, and had a craft beer tour, such fun! The hiking in the rockies was a little tough, partly because I’m blind and partly because I’m a flat lander from Florida. Lol The zip lining was great! Best travel experience was at the zip line place. They give you gloves to quote protect you unquote in case you decide to reach up and grab the steel cable while you are going fifty miles an hour for some stupid reason. Lol I think the gloves are more like mittens than protection though. Anyways, I was having a really hard time fumbling with the gloves cause I couldn’t feel anything. One of the guys noticed and offered me his fingerless gloves, which I happily accepted. Made the whole experience so much better! I was really impressed because it was so thoughtful of him to offer just by observing.

Worst experience... there aren’t very many. Only thing that stands out in my mind is when people think I’m faking. I’ve had a TSA agent tell me that he knew I wasn’t blind because he saw me playing with my phone while I was in line. I then explained to him that I still had some useable vision and that I had a bluetooth ear bud in telling me what was on the screen. He quickly apologized. I had another TSA agent ask me if i was blind where was my cane. I then told him that blind people don’t need to use their canes when they are being wheeled about the airport in a wheelchair so I had left it folded up in my backpack. Again, a quick apology. Other times I’ve heard flight attendants talking and saying stuff like I don’t think she’s really blind, look at how she looks around at stuff. Lol I just try to ignore it.

I think mostly in first world countries travelling is fine. I would worry about showing peoploe that I am blind in a third world country though. Primarily if I was alone. I wouldn’t want to make myself a target. Most people are very kind and helpful when they find out. Some people are awkward and weird, but that’s okay because sometimes I’m awkward and weird about it. Either way as long as you are clear about what you need and what you don’t need they’re fine. Like please don’t drag me around by my arm as if I’m a child. Lol Some day I’d like to try rock climbing, skiing, snowboarding, maybe surfing, and horseback riding. Hope this helps!

very cool! Thank you I personally like to relax on vacations. That and doing stuff like hiking, zip lines, and eating delicious food and drinks. Some time I would like to go skiing, horseback riding, and rock climbing. Stuff I can do is better than stuff I need to look at

I usually go to the beach or on some kind of big trailride with my horse.