Jodi Akers:  

After leaving Coronado, I did a short stint at ASU, then went up to NAU to study music. I enlisted in the Army in 1976 and spent 3 years in their music program and ended up working as a saxophne and flute instructor to Army, Navy and Marine Core students at the Naval Amphib Base in Virginia Beach, VA. What a hoot that was and I met a lot of fabulous musicians there! Married one of them, and we lived in Virginia Beach till 1992 when my father passed unexpectedly. Came home to Arizona (yeah!) and began another stage of life and career. In 1993, I opened a Jeep Tour company out of Goldfield Ghost Town and worked that for 15 years. Those that remember me from high school will know I have a great love of the outdoors (thanks to my father) and having a job that allowed my to play outdoors for a living was exceptional! From exploring backcountry trails all over Arizona, to doing horse packtrips into the Superstitions - this job truly allowed me to do what I love to do. During 5 years of that time, I also owned & operated Prospector's Palace at Goldfiled - a small business where we taught adults and kids how to pan for gold. So now I can add "Professional Gold Digger" to my resume! HA! I sold the Jeep Tour company in 2007, and sold the gold panning business a month later in 2008, thinking I would be heading towards retirement. Turned out I wasn't quite ready to ret...Expand for more