Not long ago, I was sitting down at The Farmer's Market in Los Angeles with a good friend and we started talking about how I should start a blog about my perspective as a person in a wheelchair living in Los Angeles. The accessibility of venues and restrauants. The ease and/or difficulty of travelling around this city. It was a great idea and I felt inspired. Then I sat down and listed the venues and experiences that I could write about. But my mind was somewhere else...
Since I was 11, I have wanted to go to New York City. It has always been a pipe dream. I didn't think it was possible to ever be able to save enough money to make the trip work but then came a day in early December 2013. I looked at my finances and I had a little more than half of what was needed for the travel expenses. I was surprised. I had been saving but not paying attention to what and how much. I didn't want to think about it every month and how much farther I had to go. The dream of NYC has never been this close to reality in 25 years since the dream was born. And in this getting to NYC, I am also achieving another dream of travelling cross country via train.
This blog will be about realizing this dream that I have and making it a reality. And the hurdles that I will probably encounter as a wheelchair user that the average person may not. The date is not yet set in stone but it will be late Summer/early Fall. I am more interested in getting as much living out of the city as I can in four to five days than being a tourist.
I look forward to sharing this journey with readers and I hope you enjoy the ride as much as I will.
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