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Matthew
Brennesholtz of Pleasantville, New York, is RoadTrip America's
New York guide. Pictured here aboard a vintage subway car in
Brooklyn's 
Joel
Briggs is an avid part-time archaeologist who has turned
soil at the Lost City of Caral in Peru, ventured deep into the
Sahara Desert to find lost ruins, and is currently surveying
and documenting many Native American prehistoric trails that
wind through California's deserts. He is a regular tour guide
for the Coso Petroglyphs located within the China Lake Naval
Weapons Center. On any given weekend, you can find Joel in his
FJ40 Land Cruiser, exploring Death Valley, Baja California or
somewhere else he can learn about hard rock mining. Joel was
the inspiration for an 
Judy
Carter, a resident of Hoquiam, Washington, and pictured
here in her roadtrip car "Bilbo," longs for the day
when she can start a moseying road trip with no end date and
no firm destination. Until that time arrives, she takes frequent
daytrips around Oregon and Washington and is an accomplished
contributor to and Moderator on the RoadTrip Forum. Judy's posts
are treasure troves of information about 
Lynne
Christen is a travel addict and freelance writer and photographer
specializing in travel, food and wine. Her passion for travel
began as a flight attendant with Eastern Air Lines for over
22 years. Through her airline years and as a present day leisure
traveler, Lynne has traveled to 47 countries, throughout the
U.S. and on 22 cruises in recent years. She is author of Travel
Wisdom - Tips, Tools, and Tactics for All Travelers, 101
Cruise Tips and 101 Vacation Rental Tips.
Tamara
Dwyer's love of travel started with a roadtrip from Washington
State to Tennessee at the age of three. She has lived in and
traveled through most of the US. Texas is her adopted home state,
where she designs computer software by day and enjoys Austin's
live music and great food by night.
Chris
Epting is an accomplished roadtripper, cultural historian,
and the author of nine books featuring roadside attractions.
He is a regular contributor to a variety of travel publications
and the spokesperson and co-creator for the Hampton Inn's "
Mike
Fousie of Portland, Oregon, created the 
Jaimie
Hall-Bruzenak is an
experienced dashboarder and RV fulltimer who has lived on the
road since 1992. Jaimie is the author of 
Mark
Helmlinger is a Northrop Grumman planetary sciences engineer
who builds radiometric sensing equipment and is usually found
testing it in some of the most remote places on earth. His field
work allows him to pursue his interest in 
Jillian
Imilkowski is a fearless roadtripper
and photographer from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. In her wanderings,
she has immortalized roadside wonders and funny signs in 
Sylvia
"Syv" Johnston is "hooked on travel".
Born and raised on a farm in Ontario, Canada, she attended university
in South Carolina. Sylvia is a licensed insurance adjuster who
also works part-time in police communications. Adventures include
bus tours of Europe and Great Britain, and solo driving trips
across Ireland, Canada and the USA, usually sleeping in the
car. "Half the fun of travel is the months of fine-tuning
to plan itineraries in meticulous detail," she says. Syv
is a "RoadTrip Advisor" on the 
Dr.
Bruce Jones of Pasadena, California, pictured here capturing
wildflowers on film in California's Antelope Valley, is RTA's
train expert. 
David
Kirby of San Mateo, California, has directed RTA to a number
of great destinations in Northern California, such as the 
Lea
Lane is founder/editor of the lifestyle Web site 
An
expert solo road tripper, Geneviève Lauzière
is an ex-lawyer and ex-professional truck driver. Gen is on
a roll much of the year, spending fall and winter in Quebec
City, spring in Phoenix, Arizona and summers in the Eastern
Townships of Quebec. She is a jazz aficionado and likes to tour
alternative clubs when traveling around North America. Gen is
always on the lookout for 
Breckenridge
tour guide Lisa Marie Mercer is the author of Open
Your Heart with Winter Fitness, the owner of Mountain Sport
Pilates and the key blogger for Flyaway-Weblog.com. Her novel,
Reflections in the Snow, is under contract with Calderwood
Books, and is set in the locations featured in 
John
Mormon is a retired teacher from Henderson, Nevada, who
has taught subjects ranging from math and history to landscape
design and horticulture to students from Head Start to college
level. A WW II Marine veteran and survivor of Iwo Jima, John's
keen wit and sense of humor has transformed his recent severe
loss of vision into an asset. He has gone from "avid reader
to impassioned listener" as a reviewer of 
Ruth
Mormon of Henderson, Nevada, is a librarian and experienced
world traveler who listens to audiobooks on her daily 55-mile
roadtrip (commute). She has served as advisor for several reference
works including Grzimek's Student Animal Life Encyclopedia,
Chemical Compounds, and Major 21st Century Writers.
An avid roadtripper, Ruth enjoys spotting funny signs (
Olivia
Neri was bitten by the travel bug after getting her first
passport at 8 years old, and to date has visited 45 countries
on 6 continents. While earning a B.A. in Journalism and a Minor
in Creative Writing from Pepperdine University in Malibu, she
was spoiled with daily drives along Pacific Coast Highway and
Malibu Canyon. One of her favorite road trips is Vegas! She
has been published in magazines, newspapers and Web sites in
several countries. A native Californian, she has lived in Costa
Rica and currently calls the Netherlands home.
Rod
and Judy Ness of Hermantown, Minnesota, are intrepid roadtrippers
and primary contributors to RTA's 
Pictured
here at the source of the Mississippi River, they can be found
prowling the back roads of Minnesota, Michigan, Wiconsin, and
Ontario in their "40th Anniversary" 1993 Corvette.
If you are looking for ideas and tips for travel in these areas,
Rod and Judy can be reached 
Troy
Paiva is a commercial artist living in the San Francisco Bay
Area. For his entire adult life he has been an abandonment explorer
and back-roads wanderer, especially at night. Sneaking around
in junkyards and dead roadside towns in the middle of the night,
he was doing urban exploration years before the term even existed.
Troy is the author of the critically-acclaimed 
Aaron
Reed is a native Texan and works as a news writer for the
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, based in Austin. An avid
outdoorsmen and roadtripper, he has written for Texas Fish
& Game magazine (where he was boating editor), Texas
Parks and Wildlife magazine, Texas Outdoors Journal,
Gulf Coast Connections, Lone Star Outdoor News,
Good Old Boat magazine and scores of other publications.
He is currently the paddlesports editor for 
"I
live for road trips" could be Bob Schaller's mantra.
His love for exploring began at the age of three when he explored
his neighborhood by tricycle. Following a stint in the US military,
Bob was a long-haul truck driver, a commercial pilot, an industrial
supply salesman, a college student, and a civil servant working
in Arizona's judicial branch for thirteen years. A recognized
expert in Arizona traffic law, Bob teaches defensive driving
classes all over the state and is author of the online defensive
driving manual 
Craig
Smith's passion is sailing his 27-foot Aloha 271
on Lake Ontario, but he has also found time to field test some
of the 
Garry
Sowerby, holder of four world driving records and author of
Anne
Sponholtz has traveled the eastern coastline from Key West
to Canada and west to the Mississippi River. She and her husband
are former tent campers who have discovered the fun of RVing.
They set off in their RV almost weekly, taking road trips through
Florida and Georgia. And even when on the road, Anne writes
her weekly column for the Florida Times-Union's "My
Clay Sun" section, coming home to cover news stories and
features for the newspaper. Yet she always remains anxious to
set out on the next road trip in hopes of discovering a new
adventure to share. On the road or at home, Anne can be reached
Robert
Spurlock 
Forty-eight
weeks a year, England-based writer Peter Thody finds
different ways to say essentially the same thing again and again
about IT-based consumer goods. This pays for the trips to America
where he and wife Carole indulge their love for exploring "the
bits in between," risking cheap motels and making friends
in the type of bars their daughters would be horrified to know
they were visiting. More of Peter's evocative prose and extraordinary
photographs are 
Gerald
D. Thurman's motto is "Learn It, Do It, Teach It."
A resident of Tempe, Arizona, Gerald is a Computer Science Instructor
at Scottsdale Community College who blends his knowledge of
computer programming with a passion for roadtrip adventure.
Gerald has a keen eye for detail and the ability to bring his
roadtrips to life in his 
Dennis
Weaver -- having burnt food from Miami, Florida to Point
Barrow, Alaska -- is RTA's road food expert. He has logged thousands
of hours on the roads, trails, and waterways of America including
many of Alaska's wilderness rivers and has consistently been
elected the trips' "chief cook and bottle washer."
Dennis is currently general manager at 
Carol
White is an avid road tripper, author, speaker, and book
marketing coach. In addition to co-authoring the best selling,
award-winning book, 
Donald
Woodmancy
Andrew
Youderian is the founder and manager of 
Alice
Zyetz has been on the road for over a decade. She writes
an