Recently retired from about 40 years in Lodging Sales & Marketing, Lodging Management, and then a segue to Tourism management - with a specialty in Nature Tourism Marketing. I have been a birder, and a nature photographer for most of the last 20 years. I love hiking in a preserve, a State or National park photographing the scenery, wildlife and the plant life around me, and sharing it with friends and family. I feel learning more and more about the "natural" world around me makes life better, makes me a better person.