I was born in Van Wert Ohio, grew up in the mountains west of Golden Colorado, owned a campground in Cottonwood Arizona, and now I'm retired with my wife on the Oregon coast. I like to fish, kayak, walk on the beach, write, and edit movies and photos on my home built computer. During my life I have been a gunsmith, a beer truck driver, a hard rock miner, a dishwasher, a lab technician, a maintenance man and a fishing lure manufacturer. There is no history of Parkinson's in my family, either on my mother or my father's side.