Allison holds degrees in Art and Art Education, and specializes in watercolors. When not traveling, she teaches art at Havergal College, a private girls' school in Toronto. Her sketches lend a special flavor to travel publications, while her trained eye produces very special photographic images.

Michael has a diploma in Electronics from the Ryerson Polytechnical Institute. His technical designs and articles have appeared in amateur radio magazines and textbooks. After many years in the industrial area, he now teaches electronics and computers for the Toronto Board of Education.

An interest in photography led him to the New York Institute of Photography, and his images have appeared in publications for the last ten years.

Mike and Allison love the outdoor life - hiking, sailing, skiing and biking. Mike has done a number of the Wayfarer (a British hiking group) walks in the U.K., and they have both enjoyed walking in Glacier Park with Backroads, and bicycling with Vermont Country Cyclers.

Interesting trips include a wagon train trip on the Oregon Trail, a St. Lawrence Seaway cruise on a replica steamboat, and days of sailing the Maine coast on an historic gaff-rigged schooner.

Their travels in Latin countries have led to studies in Spanish, while Allison's interest in things historical has taken them to old fortresses, walled cities, and yesterday's battlegrounds.

Their files contain images and articles from many different places, while the "future destinations" list grows ever longer. Their love of travel, they are told, is evident in their writing, which tends to cause their readers to search for their passports.

In Canada, print publication credits include The Toronto Star, Travel a la Carte, Autoroute Magazine, Leisureways Magazine, and Dreamscapes. Internet markets are also being explored.