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Russ Newton
Sep 5, 20211 min read
Home Sweet Home!
Operation hermit went into effect at 1:45pm CST today. Made it home after stopping off at Jim Pagels to drop of his stuff and see how he...
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Russ Newton
Sep 4, 20211 min read
Last full day of travel
I made 565 miles today and ended up in Des Moines Iowa. About 280 miles left to home, A nice easy five or six hour drive home. I was...
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Russ Newton
Sep 3, 20211 min read
Day two travel took me to...
Kimball, Nebraska. Made 600 miles today and only 880 to go. Should be an easy two day drive into my home in Wisconsin. After two days of...
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Russ Newton
Sep 2, 20211 min read
Level 3 – Hands off, eyes off, awareness for take over, take over request
I didn't know when I purchased my car that the level 3 automation would pay off so well for someone with ALS. I drove 620 miles today and...
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Russ Newton
Sep 1, 20211 min read
My visit to the Bay Area.
This is the BAPS Team. Rob, Andre, Russ and Rocky. Andre was my successor when ALS forced my early retirement. Rob worked with me at the...
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Russ Newton
Aug 29, 20211 min read
Wow! Can not make this crap up! It is dangerous to travel with me.
Jim in the My best friend in life, almost bit the big one today. He woke up with lower GI issues but that wasn't enough for him. He broke...
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Russ Newton
Aug 28, 20213 min read
The downside of ALS.
ALS is insidious. It steals from you every day. Every single day. I lose some ability. It is like growing up in reverse. I am losing some...
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Russ Newton
Aug 27, 20211 min read
Persistent!
When I stopped at Joes the other day I also tried to see Joyce Vasilev a neighbor of ours. They don't gather in the park anymore with...
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Russ Newton
Aug 27, 20211 min read
No comment other than note the temperature as we crossed the Grapevine
and my taste in music, But the navigator (Jim Pagel) is in charge of the radio.
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Russ Newton
Aug 27, 20211 min read
Last night in Seal Beach.
Lee Carey, Jim Pagel and Russ Newton on the beach. We stopped at Lee's place last night and we had a blast. First we sat on the deck on...
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Russ Newton
Aug 27, 20211 min read
A better picture of Theo but I am also in it.
Theo thinks he looks crazed, I know I do so I guess neither of us are a good judge of our own pictures. Any way, it was great to...
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Russ Newton
Aug 27, 20212 min read
The good side of having ALS.
I will have a fairly negative post about ALS soon but today it is all about the good news. Without ALS and the ability to speak I moved...
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Russ Newton
Aug 26, 20211 min read
Visit my old California home
Lived here for the longest span in my life. 15 years. Pretty good years as I climbed the ladder at the Los Angeles Times. The house looks...
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Russ Newton
Aug 26, 20211 min read
Visit to Chris and Kristen Mann
Stopped by Chris's house for a quick visit. His wife Kristen is suffering from a glioblastoma discovered in March. She is under going...
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Russ Newton
Aug 24, 20211 min read
San Diego
Made to San Diego today and connect with a good friend and my broker Thomas Krumenacker. He took us out to a new place to me, I am pretty...
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Russ Newton
Aug 24, 20211 min read
Phoenix.
Made it to Phoenix two days ago. We stayed with Jim's Brother and Sister in Law, John and Sherrie. Had a wonderful time with them, what...
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Russ Newton
Aug 21, 20211 min read
Catching up.
So after spending the night in New Orleans we then drove to my house in San Antonio. We had a beer at the Filing Station and that was...
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