Laura moved to Seattle from New York two years ago for work as a transportation planner for a large engineering firm that specializes in rail and transit planning. Her free time was spent exploring Kitsap County and has just moved to Bainbridge Island and is happy to have better saltwater access and to find community. Kayaking for over 10 years, she has kayaked from Whidbey Island to Langley and to Coupeville. In Seattle, kayaking time was spent on Lake Washington and crossing Portage Bay to a beach in Medina. Other interests include gardening, landscape photography, baking, cooking, hiking and cross country skiing and speaking German. She is super friendly, likes to cook, and moved a lot for work in the past but hopes at last to have found a place in the world.