Travel Team personally accompanies the  group on each travel destination.  They provide pre-trip educational material  with suggested  websites, novels and articles to add depth and
       breadth .   En route Linda and Patti share information, maps, videos and activities to stimulate good conversation and connections between travelers.  

       Patti and Linda, both 30 year veteran educators, realize that travel must insure quality, comfort, education  and  FUN for the most affordable  price.  Travel Team LLC excursions include
       many additional cultural options for theater, tours, regional and gourmet food .....building on personal preferences.  Patrons  from across the United States join to make each Travel Team
       adventure a rich and diverse experience.   Travel Team becomes FAMILY!

       Creativity is the key to a successful trip, a good time!   Linda and Patti view each offering as a complex puzzle.  The pieces must include compatible company and fine food, regional
       culture with historic accuracy, geological and architectural wonders, art and theater, sports and shopping, and an abundance of laughter.  In essence one patron summarized, " When you
        take a trip with Travel Team, you don't need to worry that you're missing anything. You'll have the perfect balance of  planned and free time." 

                 Patti & George                Linda & Bob

      LINDA PATTON

        Born with a lust for travel,  Linda spent her elementary years dreaming of  visiting the spots in her history texts.   In the summer of 1968, she mapped out a fabulous European adventure
        accompanied by three girlfriends from Penn State.   Two years later she and her husband, Bob spent their honeymoon exploring natural and cultural treasures across that same continent
        for the proverbial $5.00 a day! 

        As a new teacher in Pennsylvania, Linda wove history, art, food, and travel into every lesson.. Then Bob realized his dream... .to be a Ranger in the National Park Service.  Camping in
       parks across the United States, they reached their first assignment on the south rim of the  Grand Canyon followed by time in Arizona's parks emphasizing Native American cultures. 
       The next assignment, the gem of the service, took Bob and Linda to Yosemite where they hiked  trails and developed a love of geology.  There Linda taught school in the high Sierra
       town of Oakhurst and later celebrated the births of children  Kristie and Corey.

       While in California, the Pattons worked in the Santa Cruz mountains in a coastal redwood park.  Again all free time was spent exploring the area gathering images to share with friends
       and students.  In 1979 they were off  to Lava Beds National Monument on the California-Oregon border.  This arid, volcanic mountainous area provided a whole new landscape
       to learn and appreciate.  Linda founded a preschool in Tulelake,  potato and horseradish capitol of the West. The Pattons discovered spelunking in the fabulous caves as well as
       a new love of birding. 

       In 1981 they moved to Coastal Carolina.   Linda began teaching for Carteret County Schools with honors of  "Teacher of the Year" and  the Edith Stall Craft Outstanding Teacher Award. 
       During the past 25 years she has organized many travel opportunities for students, parents and peers.  For the last 13 years of teaching Linda worked as a specialist for the County's Gifted
       Program.  During that time  she met Patti Dill, her equal in excitement for travel and an understanding of  how to create the perfect mix of education, frivolity, culinary delights, free and
       planned time. Travel Team LLC became a licensed  North Carolina company in 2001.  The rest is HISTORY!

       Today the retired Linda lives in Beaufort, North Carolina with husband Bob, retired Education Curator for the NC Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shore.  She has two grown children, both
       University of  North Carolina graduates.   Daughter Kristie Lemaster and husband Chris own Vent Salon in  Durham, NC.  Her son Corey recently relocated to Chapel Hill with his new
       bride Katy.  He works in film editing and advertising.   

       Linda remains active in WWF ( book club) , Ann Street Methodist Church, hiking, travel,  and in January, GRANDMOTHERING!    

      PATTI DILL

      Patti McKinley Dill grew up in Carteret County, North Carolina. The daughter of an elementary teacher and a biologist, she knew her calling early. Patti earned her Bachelor's degree in
      education with certification in Pre K-12th grade. She began traveling and teaching from the coastal plains to the Piedmont. Working in five North Carolina school systems during her 30 years
      in the field, she provided rich experiences to students from gold mining in the mountains to seining on the sounds. The past twenty-four years have been spent working with gifted students
      and teachers. In 1988 Patti and family returned to her roots in Morehead City.

     Throughout the years, Patti received the "Teacher of the Year" award in Lexington City Schools and the "Excellence in Economic Education Award" from the Governor of North Carolina.
     She organized and directed an Episcopal Play School for three year olds and founded the Primary Enrichment Model for Lexington City Schools. Patti has presented at state and national
     education conferences. Her passion for educational travel led her to organize and lead more than 15 extended field studies with students of all ages. Patti retired as Coordinator of Gifted
     Services for Carteret County Schools in July of 2008.

      Patti's husband George, a retired market executive for RBC Centura, loves the natural and historical aspects of Travel Team adventures. The Dills have three grown children, all graduates
     of UNC-Chapel Hill. Amanda Dill Schoden is a director for PPD (a pharmaceutical research and development firm). Emily Dill Galik completed her Masters degree at Duke and is a clinical
     research associate for PPD. Son George is an attorney working in San Francisco. In the past three years the family has grown with 3 year old grandaughter McKinley Schoden and
     2 year old grandson Everett Galik!

       Patti has always taken an active role in civic and church activities. She serves as a Lay Reader, Eucharistic Minister, and Vestry member at Saint Pauls's Episcopal Church . An avid reader,
       Patti currently is a member of two book clubs. She loves to cook, entertain,, garden, teach and travel, sometimes doing all at the same time.