This love of travel has allowed her to visit numerous countries and to fall in love with Italy. Michelle enjoys bringing places to life through her informative writing style on her blogs, That Texas Couple and Totally Texas Travel. Her practical tips and suggestions help make travel dreams a reality while immersing her readers in the history, culture, and food of a region. She is happiest sipping wine in Italy or chilling on a beach with her husband, Marty.

Penny Zibula is a freelance travel writer and blogger based in New Bern, North Carolina. Traveling with her husband/photographer and her guide dog, she creates content for her blog SixLegsWillTravel designed to entice her readers to get out and explore. Her posts and freelance articles contain material of interest to boomer travelers and individuals with disabilities.

Amy grew up in southern California and was fortunate to have parents who loved to camp in the desert, ski in the local mountains, frequent the seashore in the summer, and travel to the national parks of the west, including Yosemite, Glacier, and the Grand Canyon. She spent two summers at a canoe camp in Ontario, Canada, where her grandfather was director.

She has continued this tradition and has expanded her adventures by hiking, rafting, and cycling around the United States and in Europe, Mexico, Central and South America, and the Middle East. She is looking forward to more trips in the future, including Iceland and Portugal.

Although she enjoys cities with museums, culture, and food, her favorite adventures are found in the natural world. She has kayaked among bat rays and dolphins, encountered gray whales, hiked among bighorn sheep, and snorkeled with tropical fish. She is a volunteer naturalist at Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve and Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.