Family Travel and Autism

I am working on writing and posting the most traumatic event of our trip.  Life threatening is not an exageration.  In fact, the whole experience was so traumatic that I am not sure the words really reveal the danger.

So, I am going to write now about the real dangers of the national parks.  You are on your own.  Hike at your own risk.  Beware of rock falls, flash floods, wild animals and more.  Those are the warnings posted in the all the national park newspapers.  I read them.  Understood them.  But I thought that if I was careful, nothing would happen to us.  Wrong.

If something happens, think about where you are.  How will they get to you?  How will they find out?  Does anyone know where you are and when you will return?  Do you understand the nature of the weather there?  Geography?  Do you have the right gear?  Yes, these are simple questions that many tourists are asked every year and yet don't heed it.

There is danger.  Preventable danger.  Read the postings and think about them.  Often it only takes a few minutes to really understand what you about to do -- that could save your life.

Until next time.  The headline could have read -- Family of Five Dies In Flash Flood . . . Bodies Never Found