Bill Oates and Heide Bredfeldt are partners in life and business.  Their business and their tastes give them the opportunity to travel frequently, both in the U. S. A. and in Europe.  They are continually energized by the variety of physical and personal landscapes they encounter.  Many people know them through their Inn consulting business, Inn Consulting Partners. People are surprised to learn that Bill had a prior career as a Professor of Southeast Asian and Chinese History.  Heide is a psychotherapist who still maintains a small private practice.