The Future isn't written yet. . .

Even time travelers can't predict the future. (Even if you think you know what will happen, things can always change!)
We never dreamed we'd be going to Argentina to work with Christopher Lloyd on a national commercial series for Garbarino. We flew to Buenos Aires on July 29, received the car from customs on August 11, and started filming on August 16th. Returned home September 5th.

Have you ever woken from a really great dream and shut your eyes tight, attempting to return back into that great dream?
-It rarely works!
But in October, Garbarino called again and said the campaign was going so well, they wanted us to return for a national tour with the DeLorean time machine! After the logistics were worked out, (and we arranged for our puppies and United States lives to be taken care of), we loaded the car onto a plane once more and flew 'Back to Argentina!' on November 11.
The tour is planned to end March 1st, 2012. Three full months of displaying the car inside Garbarino stores, meeting fans, and getting to see the rest of the country!
I don't know what will happen after that. No one does. I guess we'll all have to wait and see.

Still Going!

We've not kept up with the blog as we had intended. But as most of our plans have evolved, so has this one! We've collected so many great stories and photos of our adventures, we're organizing them in a different way and will eventually present them when we're done.
ToTheFuture.org was originally designed as a one year mission, but we have found that our raising funds and awareness for Parkinson's disease has become a lifestyle for us. In fact, Debbie Brooks (co-founder of the MJFF) made that very comment to Terry last year at an event!
So the mission continues. We've reached 44 states and have 6 states to go. We've had to pace ourselves, but we're getting closer! And you never know what life has in store for you.
Last August, Terry and I (and our DeLorean time machine) were flown to South America for a series of commercials starring Christopher Lloyd for a consumer electronics company called Garbarino. You can see several of the commercials and fan videos on YouTube.
We were in Argentina for an entire month, which put our lives on a different track for a while! But we had fun, learned a lot, and introduced everyone we came into contact with to Michael's foundation. (Yes, we even did some out of country fund raising!)
No sooner had we landed in Miami and picked up the car from the airlines, we drove straight to New York City to help with the NIKE Marty McFly Mag shoe campaign, in which 1500 replicas were auctioned off for the foundation. (Another creative angle for leveraging the appeal of Back to the Future to fight Parkinson's.)
So, we're still on the mission! And more adventures will follow! -We promise to share.

San Diego Comic Con

We received a call to come to the San Diego Comic Con to assist with a Team Fox fund raiser using the method Terry and I originated with our time machine! Desi DosSantos of ScreenUsed.com was featuring his DeLorean screen used in BTTF3 in the Profiles in History booth, and generously decided to use the high profile event to benefit the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research! Since it was the last minute, Terry cleared our work schedule, booked the cheapest airline tickets she could, and even found a hotel! (No small task, as Comic Con is sold out to maximum capacity crowds early, every year.) Lots of fun and hard work, as it was held over 5 days, with a preview on Wednesday night. Didn't get to see the show, and only had lunch twice during the 5 days, but it was a real blast working side by side with Desi. He's an amazing person, and a true, dedicated, tireless professional.
Several celebrities came to our booth, including Billy Zane, from the BTTF films (one of Biff's gang), and spent some time with Claudia Wells (Marty's girlfriend), and Lou Ferrigno and Ben Vereen even stopped by! Said Hello to Drew Struzan (Oliver's hero), the most famous and accomplished poster artist in the history of cinema. He painted all the posters for Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Back to the Future, and all the other 'important' films. Now retired, he made a special appearance at the con to announce his new book featuring his lifetime of work.
We figured the show amounted to over 42 hours of work. We took hundreds of photos, and met lots of fans.
We're not marathon runners, but it sure felt like a marathon!!!
$11,131.90 was sent to Team Fox thanks to Desi and his wonderful car! Our biggest fund raiser yet!

An article from last year!

Since we're time traveling, I figure it's never too late to post an article from the past! A high school friend of mine is a talented writer and works for my home town paper. Front page, Sunday edition! He did a really nice write up and I thought it was certainly deserving of posting here, even if I have been tardy in doing so. Thank you Michael Conley, for years of friendship and your interest in our endeavors.

Ocean City Car Show 2011

Well, the show was quite different than many other events we attend. There were amazing, unique cars, trucks and motorcycles, as well as a 4-wheel drive RV camper, a drag racer, and a suped up tractor! Somehow, out of all this, and hundreds of entries, we were given a rather unexpected 'Best of Show' trophy! Go figure!
Donations were not as strong as we would have liked, but we made sure everyone who saw the DeLorean was made aware of Team Fox! We talked to lots of people, and handed out lots of cards to send them to the website and learn more about PD.

Ocean City, here we come!

We're time traveling to Ocean City Maryland to the OC Car Show. Come check out the show and all the loud hip-hop, cray-zay spectacle! We'll be accepting donations for MJFF, so bring some dollahs! :)

Future and Past

Here's the latest, and some oldness:
Time Circuits are set for Philadelphia, Pennsylvania June 17, 18, 19.
And I found a web page from the past and thought I'd post a link here.

http://www.wtoc.com/global/story.asp?s=11138015