Frank & April Rippel are the old married couple of the quartet (19 years).   They have lived in Seguin, Texas for 15 years.  Frank being born in Jacksonville, FL and April being born in Eureka, CA they settled in the middle.  Frank traveled the world in the U.S. Air Force, April in the U.S. Navy.  Together they are still traveling the world and in years past have been to France to follow the Tour de France.  Frank and April were both avid bike riders, runners and swimmers doing many triathlons, bike races and marathons.

Frank retired from the Air Force in 1992 and now builds web sites and has plenty of patience to teach anyone how to use a computer.   In his spare time he keeps the books and helps April run their store in Texas.  He also maintains their website as well as their internet business.  Together they are merchants at various Renaissance Faires around the U.S.A.

 April dropped out of the "real" world, an executive for Aloha Petroleum in Honolulu, HI, in 1992 and is now owner of Sandee's Sewing Shop, aka RenShirts.com, where she recreates clothing from the Twelfth to Sixteenth centuries to sell on the internet and at Medieval and Renaissance Faires.