PADDLING

Hi and thanks for checking out my profile! I am a 25 year old bride to be with an avid interest in the outdoors. I love paddling whitewater, camping and hiking and would rather be outdoors than in. I am also an accounting student. Being an accounting major, numbers make a lot of sense and so does saving money. I am an amateur couponer and love a bargain. Maintaining a healthy lifestyle is so important and doing this on a budget presents a new challenge. Over the past few years, I have become quite a good cook and love to try new recipes. My goal is to try a new one every week. In addition to all of this, I work in the sales department of a local audio visual rep firm in the southeast. My specialty is in video distribution and multi media projectors. I've been with my company for about 4 years and have gained valuable industry experience in my field.

Jason has written for the likes of AOL Travel, Adventure World Magazine, Camping Life Magazine, Outdoorzy, and a handful of other publications in the adventure sports market. His assignments have taken him to Ecuador to chase adventure racers, Maui to catch waves, and east Africa to climb Kilimanjaro. Jason enjoys mountaineering, cycling, paddling, and adventure travel of any type.

I am a freelance writer and novelist. A highlight of my career was teaching creative writing to junior high and high school students for three quarters. I have practiced wellness, complimentary/alternative medicine for over twenty years. I paint with oils and water colors, garden and am a do-it-yourself person. I schooled three sons K-8 at home. My husband, sons and I are entrepreneurs. While of Irish and English descent, I am also Native American. My name is Thunder in a Cloudless Sky. I enjoy camping and paddling my canoe. I came here from Life-Only and Health Insurance. I'm happy to be here, and thrilled to meet you.

I am a traveler, a rockhound, a prospector, and an entrepreneur. I have traveled to many wonderful places, experienced many awesome things, and am still going strong. I have earned a living as a lapidarist and metalsmith, naturalist, outdoor living skills instructor, backpacking guide, mountain biking and caving instructor, hiking and paddling guide, crafts instructor, writer and artist. My lifestyle is one of self-sufficiency and simplicity. In my world, life is exciting and adventure rules. Come experience my world with me through my writing. Please also Friend me on Facebook and visit my websites: SoaringEagleDesigns.Artfire.com and Stores.eBay.com/Earthwealth. Thanks, and enjoy life.

I am a freelance writer and novelist. A highlight of my career was teaching creative writing to junior high and high school students for three quarters. I have practiced wellness, complimentary/alternative medicine for over twenty years. I paint with oils and water colors, landscaping and am a do-it-yourself person at home and in the garden. I schooled three sons K-8 at home. While of Irish and English descent, I am also Native American. My name is Thunder in a Cloudless Sky. I enjoy camping and paddling my canoe. I came here from Life-Only and Health Insurance. I'm happy to be here, and thrilled to meet you.

Jeff Briscoe is a resident of Port Charlotte and a proud dad of three great Florida kids. A proud outdoorsman, he's as likely to be found paddling a canoe as he is to be driving a car. His children give him the perfect excuse to explore Southwest Florida's parks, piers, beaches, hiking trails, and marinas. Jeff is a freelance writer who covers sports, politics, and more for the Yahoo! Contributor Network and the Fort Myers Examiner.

Born and raised in Hawaii. I am Hawaiian, Chinese, Irish. Graduated in 1987 from Nanakuli High & Intermediate School. I am married to my high school sweetheart, Riley, now for 22 years. We have 5 beautiful children and my eldest daughter has a beautiful little girl who will be 2 years old in June. I enjoy sports, both playing and coaching (softball, baseball, volleyball, football, paddling and hiking). I coached my daughters softball team and I love reading books by Nora Roberts and Johanna Lindsey.

Eileen Manglass, LCSW holds a Master's Degree in Social Work from the University of New England in Portland, Maine; and a Bachelor's Degree in Social Work from the University of Southern Maine in Portland, Maine. She currently owns a thriving Wellness Counseling & Coaching Business on the bank of the Androscoggin River in Auburn, Maine. Her business focus is holistic health and healing; and she works with adults and children, individuals, couples and families. She enjoys working with issues of pain management, conflict resolution, anger management, peak performance in business, and habit control, as well as anxiety, depression, grief/loss. She uses body/mind techniques such as clinical hypnotherapy, as well as EFT, therapeutic drumming, and others. When not working she may be found cycling, hiking, or paddling the great outdoors of rural Maine.

Dave Sutor is a guitar-strumming, Hemingway-reading, Springsteen-listening, beer-drinking, chicken-wing-eating, Simpsons-watching, Godfather-quoting, kayak-paddling, pool-shooting, poker-playing writer from Johnstown, Pennsylvania. His ramblings have been published by Amateur Wrestling News, National Football League High School, USA Hockey, Buzzflash, The Baltimore Sun, The Slovak Spectator and several western Pennsylvania newspapers. Sutor s career includes work as a sportswriter, playwright, poet, music reviewer and political speechwriter. His first book, The Bicentennial: A Look at Cambria County s Modern Era, was released in 2004. He has even won nine Keystone Press Awards without having to blackmail any judges with incriminating photographs.

RoseAnna Schick is a freelance writer and photographer based in Winnipeg. Specialty areas include travel, the outdoors, wilderness adventure, healthy living, golfing destinations, and activities for couples. RoseAnna is very active, and considers herself an 'amateur athlete'. She enjoys many pursuits including rowing, paddling, playing hockey, power-skating, cross-country skiing, curling, running, cycling, boxing, yoga and golf. In addition to successful freelance placement in 20 different print publications since 1997, RoseAnna's writing and photography has been syndicated through the Canadian Press newswire service. She contributed a regular golf column to the Winnipeg Free Press for two seasons, and a snowmobile column for one season. She is currently the golf writer for Travel Manitoba, and loves the job!

Bethany Fong is a registered dietitian and chef from Honolulu, HI. She has produced a variety of health education materials on multiple topics relating to wellness, and worked in many industries including clinical dietetics, food service management, and public health. In her spare time Bethany enjoys outrigger canoe paddling; budget traveling; and sampling what she, or anyone else, cooks.

Sheri Bazany, a freelance graphic designer and writer, lives in St. Petersburg, Florida. When she's not writing, drawing, or designing, she can be found meandering about downtown St. Pete or paddling Tampa Bay on her Ocean Kayak nicknamed "The Frog" (due to its stunning reptilian green hue), and documenting her experiences for everyone to enjoy. Bazany is a self-proclaimed people watcher and enjoys sharing colorful moments of everyday life with the rest of the world.

I'm a trumpet playing, trail walking, kayak paddling, hard playing new Georgian with a voice dying to be heard. I've wandered through many a state staking claim here and am missing an in-person glimpse only of Alaska and Hawaii. There's lots to tell and lots still to do.

Bryan Hansel is an outdoor photographer, writer, and kayaking guide. His work has appeared publications such as Sea Kayaker Magazine, Lake Superior Magazine, Superior Outdoors, and Minnesota Monthly. He lives in Grand Marais, MN and publishes www.paddlinglight.com.

Editor of the Adirondack Explorer

I started fishing in 1951 at Lake Tahoe. I made my first fly rod in '73. Fly fish in California, Nevada and Alaska and fished salmon commercially in Trinidad, CA. CA and AK dental license

Kelly is a full-time Freelance Writer, specializing in home repair and renovation, and running. He is the Feature Writer at http://homerenorepair.suite101.com/ and also writes for periodicals. He was previously a Software Engineer at NASA and in other industries.

Just getting started in freelance writing

jmm is a wife and mom. She is active in her local community pursuing various interests.

Currently I am a rambler of sorts. Most recently I spent some time working on a trail crew in the Northeast on a wildlife refuge. I have been traveling and living in various places for the past ten years, craving new experiences wherever I pause.

I am a retired Health and Physical Education teacher and marketing/sales pro. "Use it or lose it" with regard to mental and physical activities. It is imperative we encourage people to max their potential and improve their quality of life.

Map Maker by day, and Wine Drinker, Cheese Eater, Sephora Shopper, Kayak Paddler, Walk Jogger, Lush Bather, Recipe Creator, Trivial Pursuiter, Gossip Reader, Rummy Winner, Plan Maker, Procrastinator, Google Lover, Bocce Baller, and Socializer by Night.

I conducted my thesis research on the impact of disasters, both anthropogenic and natural, on human populations. I speak Dutch and Spanish conversationally. I have worked as a naturalist, drama teacher, science instructor, and academic advisor.

Hadley Catalano is a freelance photojournalist on the Big Island of Hawaii.

Freelance writer, marketing consultant, desktop publisher for 15 years, specializing in specialty retail markets.