About Todd:

I grew up as an Air Force brat who was lucky enough to travel all over the world. I lived in Hawaii for most of elementary school and junior high, then moved to southern California for a few years, before graduating from high school and spending my early adulthood at an Air Force base in England.

After my dad retired and moved us to Florida, I lasted about 6 months before I hitch hiked to the recruiters office and joined the Air Force myself. I served 24 years as na active duty weather forecaster, again, literally all over the world, including deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan.

In 2014, I retired from the Air Force and was lucky enough to get a civil service job also forecasting weather for the Air Force. I moved around several times since then, but currently find myself supervising the weather station at Libby Army Airfield in Sierra Vista, Arizona. This will almost certainly be my last job before I retire a second time.

Over the course of my life I will have had a part in raising 10 kids (5 by birth, 5 steps). Kelly an I currently still have 3 teenagers in the house, and one of my high school aged daughters lives with her mom in Texas. I also have eight grandkids. Unfortunately most are on the other side of the country … one of the reasons we are looking forward to traveling after I retire.

My favorite hobby is photography. But I also enjoy reading, doing word puzzles, and sometimes catching a good comedy show on one of the far too many streaming services we subscribe to.

I consider myself an optimist. But it’s a long-term kind of view. In the moment I can sometimes be as grouchy and disagreeable as anybody else.

I’m working on that. 😎

About Kelly:

(Coming soon) - when Kelly has the chance to write this herself.

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