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The Rhode Island Chapter American Parkinson’s Disease Association is pleased to announce the return of Bob & Becky Preston from their “<i>Optimism Can Take You Anywhere Tour</i>”. As you all know Bob embarked on an epic journey with Becky, who he fondly refers to as the Admiral. Driven by optimism, this journey’s aim was to raise awareness about Parkinson’s as well as show how a positive outlook can help each and every one of us deal with life’s challenges, be it health related or otherwise. The success of their efforts can be seen in the many articles that appeared in premier boating and yachting magazines and other publications around the country, not to mention the success of Bob’s own fundraising efforts during the tour.</div>
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To honor Bob and Becky’s return, a cocktail reception is scheduled for June 5<sup>th</sup> at 5:30PM at The 1149 Restaurant on Division Street in Warwick. This will be a wonderful opportunity to for you to learn more about their adventures. It is also an opportunity for you to make a donation in Bob and Becky’s name in support of the efforts of the Rhode Island Chapter American Parkinson’s Disease Association to “Ease the Burden and Find a Cure” .</div>
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The invitation is attached and we hope to see you there! If for some reason you are unable to attend and feel you would like to make a contribution, please send a check to RI APDA P.O. Box 41659, Providence, RI 02940. In the memo section please indicate it is for the Optimism Tour. Bob, Becky, and all of us at the Rhode Island Chapter American Parkinson’s Disease Association appreciate your generous support.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09470522572564736009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-907445399941792198.post-11502970296222959542014-04-02T12:09:00.002-07:002014-04-02T12:09:54.645-07:00Where is Family Ties today?! You know... just paradiseStarting with the chart below, we are at Man O War Cay in the Southern Abacos, tomorrow we do a big jump to Eluthera. Here is tomorrow's track. About 80 miles total tomorrow.<br />
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We are in the Abacos right now heading to N Exumas then to S Exumas. Let's see, Sunday is the best bet. It is a 60nm open ocean trip and the seas are suppose to decrease to 6'. But Heck it beats Sea of Abaco which is where we are right now. Blowing sustained 20-22kts gusting to 30kts. Seas 12' at 8 or 9 seconds. And then there are the "enhanced" winds in the T storms and squalls . C'mon Poseidon, give me a break.<br />
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Hi, my name is David Slone and welcome to my blog, <em>Observations on living with Parkinson’s. </em>I am a <b>Vietnam</b> vet with <b>Parkinson’s</b> Disease “PD” (and a few other maladies you will learn about). I am an author of two books that involve characters afflicted with <u>Parkinson’s</u> Disease or “PD”. I suppose I should have used the word ”graced” with, rather than “afflicted” by, PD. To be honest, most days PD seems like the disease of :subtraction”. That is, our abilities seem to be slowly but surely subtracted from what makes us who we are: can’t drive, can’t dress, can’t golf, can’t drive. Well, you get the idea. My friend Bob Preston <a href="http://daveslone.com/Observations%20on%20living%20with%20Parkinson's" style="color: #2255aa; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">(his blog), </a>and Michael J. Fox would cuss me out for that. but I’ve got to keep it real.</div>
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I write two or three blogs a week, so you will get plenty of “juice”. Basically, I write about what I am feeling on a given day. Most of the time it is Parkinson’s. But I might reflect on prostate cancer, blindness, <b>PTSD</b>, <i>Vietnam</i> or growing up in a family of fifteen kids, or what I remember from Alaska, where I was born or none of the above. What you can be sure of is that my posts w ill always be honest and expressed with a sense of humor.</div>
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So read on, and if you like what you read, share the site or the post with friends or click the “like” button.’ You will notice I am shamelessly promoting books. That’s because 50% of the net proceeds are donated to the Rhode Island chapter of the American Parkinson’s Disease Association.</div>
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We successfully navigated the boat to the Bahamas despite the Parkinson's and a side trip to the ER. Here we will play in the islands starting today with a 100 mi leg to the Abacos. From there it is South to the Exumas and maybe even to Santa Domingo, who knows. </div>
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A LOT of people suggested I not take on this adventure. However, I never want look back on life and say woulda, coulda, shoulda. Instead, I'm reminded of Helen Kellers word: " Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all." </div>
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So to anyone fighting a chronic illness, this is not about a boat, it is simply to demonstrate by example, Parkinson's is what it is, but life will become what I make of it. </div>
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In order. Family Ties at the dock in West End Grand Bahama.</div>
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Well we kind of left for the Bahamas. We got about 22 miles out turned around and came back to Fort Lauderdale. The weather out in the middle of the Gulf Stream did not match the forecast not even close. Wind was supposed to be 10 knots out of the east southeast which is not bad, seas were supposed to be 2-3 feet. Instead the wind came out of the Northeast which is real bad, as it pushes against the northerly flowing Gulfstream, so what we had were steep 5 foot seas with a 2' chop on top. The Waves had no timing it was just a washing machine out there. But that's not why we turned around. We turned around because we had equipment failure, <u>two of the four</u> heavy duty buckles holding the dinghy down failed. So we are "stuck" in Fort Lauderdale 82 degrees, sunny, it could be worse.<br />
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Here is a very loose map of our inteded course over the next 90 days. Currently on Marathon Key. This takes us what will be at least 1200 nautical miles (I know, map show's 832, but we don't sail straight lines) throughout the Bahamas, Abacos, Exuamas, & Eleuthera, all God willing. I NEVER want to look back on my life and think, woulda, coulda, shoulda. Instead, DID-IT, IN SPITE OF PD!!!</div>
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And here is one to warm you back up. This is the unmarked harbor entrance to Man-O-War Cay In the Abacos on our last visit. Notice the reef just under the surface on the right, in front of the boat and left off the point</div>
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Greetings from a cold and rainy Sarasota. Lousy day out today but it is suppose to be beautiful starting Saturday. We will spend 2 more weeks here and then head towards the Keys followed by the Bahamas on or about March 15. Things are going very well. My doc tweaked my meds and that made all the difference in the world. In fact today I went for a 3 mile walk at a fast clip with zero problems. That hasn't happened in a long time. Feeling gooooooood!</div>
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Becky and I were just interviewed by Soundings Magazine for a feature article outlining our adventures. Soundings is one of the largest publications in world dedicated to educating and entertaining the boater and I will share the article once it is published. This all part of my mission to spread awareness of Parkinson's Disease. With awareness comes public funding and a cure. </div>
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The boat is running great and turning heads. There is a small (20) boat show on the same dock I am on. People think I am part of the show and are put-off when I won't let them board. But a group of them announced FAMILY TIES as Best in Show. </div>
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I've been boating a very long time and I have seen people do really dumb things on the water. Like the time guy drove his 65' yacht up ONTO a dock followed by crashing into 2 other similar size yachts, all while trying to impress his much younger girlfriend. </div>
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Some more pictures from sunny Florida, as we make our way further south raising awareness for Parkinson's disease. To date, we have raised over <u style="font-weight: bold;">$250,000</u>, 100% of which goes to the American Parkinson's Disease Association and it's RI Chapter for Patient Care Services. All expenses for our trip are paid out of pocket!<br />
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A picture is worth a thousand words! Here are just a few on our trip from Rhode Island to Turks and Caicos, and back up. Right now we are near Sarasota, Fl. and are slowly making our way down the coast.<br />
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Thank you to all that follow and have donated! We have raised over <b><u>$250,000</u></b> for Parkinson's disease research, with <b><u>100%</u></b> going directly to the American Parkinson's Disease Association (APDA)!<br />
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Becky off for groceries<br />
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On the Venice Pier<br />
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I found Paradise! It's on a beach in Sarasota.<br />
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St. Armand's Square in Sarasota<br />
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Nobody is on the beach on Longboat Key.<br />
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Bike weekend - 5,000 of them! Sarasota last weekend.<br />
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Bike weekend - 5,000 of them! Sarasota last weekend.<br />
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Bike weekend - 5,000 of them! Sarasota last weekend.<br />
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While things are well in Sarasota, FL. I wanted to take this opportunity to share with you again why I'm doing this in the first place. While I never imaged being diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, it sure as heck isn't something I'm going to let get me down. I made the video below a few months ago, and the message then is just as strong today! <b><u>Optimism Can Take You Anywhere!</u></b><br />
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Greetings from Marina Jack Sarasota, FL. To those who write and ask why I don't write/post more often, here ya go...<br />
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The past several days has presented some of the most difficult navigation and driving experiences of my life going just the 85 miles from FT Myers to Sarasota on the inside (not all out in the Gulf) in a boat that draws 4'. One stretch was 16mi, my brother Bill was driving in the center of the so-called channel and the deepest the water beneath the propeller was 3', averaged about 2' and got down to skimming the bottom many many times. BUT we did not touch bottom! Then to get out of that waterway we cut thru one of those "LOCAL KNOWLEDGE ONLY" passes. Those are are 50-75' cuts in the island usually made by a recent hurricane that are unmarked. WHY TRY THAT you ask? Many of you may differ in this but I'm NOT totally nuts. "I know what I know and I know what I don't know" and I knew this was not the time take any chances. So I asked around and followed someone out that I had just met, had talked to and he seemed to know what he was doing. In the space of bout 90 seconds and 300' length, while driving the boat in a pattern like that of an "S" the depth goes from 6' below the prop, to 28' then 5', then 3' across the bar and then out. Whew!<br />
My brother Bill was with me and his comment was something like "and you call this relaxing"? Yup, just living up to the carving on the wall of the pilothouse given to me by the guy who bought my last boat: "Life Begins at the End of Your Comfort Zone". If that is the case I must be re-born today.<br />
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We are here for a month and then down the W Coast of Fla to the Everglades, then the upper Keys about the last week of Feb to await a good weather window to make the jump to the Bahamas and then further South.<br />
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As many of you have asked me how I'm doing, I'm feeling "ok". Parkinson's disease had me pretty beat up 3 weeks ago but Dr F tweaked my meds ("high-five" Doc) and I am much better now. Most important is the mindset, I'm 8 1/2 years into this insidious disease but remain assured, I would NOT change places with anyone in the world, PD be DAMNED!<br />
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BE WELL and remember, nobody ever went blind looking on the bright side.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09470522572564736009noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-907445399941792198.post-3186894116561605522014-01-13T08:47:00.003-08:002014-01-13T08:47:41.618-08:00Oh the places we go!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It's been awhile, sorry for the lack of postings. Here is a short one.<br />
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My favorite place to go is somewhere I have never been before. In this case YES I just had to go down this canal. it was very tight on the sides and to be honest I could not look at the depth finder even though the shallow water alarms were going off, I did not want to know how close we were to the bottom. <br />
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Where are we? Okochobee Canal, in the middle of FL, about 50 mi east of Ft Myers and 100 mi west of Stuart. So it is all ahead dead <u>slow</u>, Parkinson's be damned. Get it?<br />
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