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Married

Hometown

Ottawa, Illinois

Places I've been

My senior year in high school was spent in Davao City, Philippines as an AFS exchange student. That year was when Marcos declared martial law, so it was a very interesting year for a naive (but outspoken) midwestern girl to live-suddenly no freedom of speech, curfews, and armed troops in the streets. I was a flight attendant from 1980-1997, which enabled me to see much of the U.S. as well as Canada & Mexico. In 1981-82 I guided tours in Paris for airline employees during my vacation time. In 2003 my husband & I took the "vacation of a lifetime", exploring France for four months, beginning with a month at an immersion language school (see my blog for details). In 2004, I began my own company, West Wind Tours, LLC. (www.westwindtours.us). We offer tours for groups of 4-6 adults to the Bordeaux wine region and Dordogne Valley of SW. France, staying in beautiful B&B's.

Education

• Blackburn College, Carlinville, IL. - 1973 to 1974

Work

• Eastern Airlines, Flight Attendant - 1980 to 1991
• American Airlines, Flight Attendant - 1991 to 1997
• West Wind tours, LLC., Owner/tour guide - 2004 to 2009

More about me

My husband and I (along with a dog & cats) live in south central Montana in a log home primarily powered by solar & wind. Vegetable and flower gardens, as well as hiking keep me busy in the Summer, skiing in Winter.

In Spring & Fall I take small groups of adults to SW France to drink wine & explore medieval & prehistoric sites. I set up all the ground portion of the trip and act as guide, while my husband is our chauffeur. We have alot of fun & have made some great friends both of clients and the owners of the B&B's we use on our tours.

Activities

Hiking, skiing, gardening, travel, Reagan Round Up (pen pals & care packages to deployed troops)

Favorite TV Shows

NCIS, Cold Case, Law & Order SVU, Battlestar Galactica, Star Trek Next Generation, Voyager or Babylon 5 reruns, HGTV (Hidden Potentional, Designed to Sell)

Favorite Movies

Oldies - Anything with Tracy & Hepburn, Gable, Greer Garson (Mrs. Miniver), Cary Grant....... Star Trek, Alien, Pretty Woman, Somewhere in Time, Christmas movies (real people, NOT animation)

Favorite Books

anything by J.A. Jance, Patricia Cornwell, Sue Grafton

Favorite Quotes

Holy s---, it Works! (my husband), "If you're gonna be dumb, you'd better be tough" (a skydiving friend)

Favorite Places

Bordeaux, Dordogne Valley, Loire Valley-France, the Beartooth Absaroka Wilderness in Montana, my garden

Favorite Animals

Dogs & cats- Least favorite - rattlesnakes

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