Sighing heavily from too much work and not enough time, I fumbled quickly through the stack of applications. I was tired of the same old same ole. This guy with that degree and fifteen years of experience. This lady with all these certifications in just about any class. But I wasn’t impressed…I wanted something different but I wasn’t quite sure what. I just knew that the things that would normally make a Health and Fitness Director jump were just not doing it for me. Then my eyes fell on Patty’s application.

Nature wakes me up. Nature works me out. Nature entertains me. In my adventurous attempt to seek islands that offer the rewards and demands of living apart from creature comforts, I have gone too far — literally Thousands of miles from the nearest continent (a twelve-hour all night long flight only to find that I still have yet to board ANOTHER plane), the ruggedly gorgeous island of Kauai bobs in the Pacific Ocean. This is the oldest major Hawaiian island and the first landing by Captain James Cook when he stepped on Waimea Beach back in 1778. Here, unless you are a hermit and purposely make it a point to stay indoors, this Hawaiian paradise screams, “Go outside!!”

Kayak Tampa Bay with Lena Hunt of Celebritize You. This kayaking video was taken November 2010.