CURRENT MISSION

Bum around the world while learning to become a sustainable farmer.

ABOUT ME

I've worked on organic farms in Maine, Washington, Virginia and drove tractors for 2 years in Western Massachusetts. Prior to farming, I worked on the Appalachian Trail in New Hampshire for 3 seasons on a trail crew. Days consisted of swinging an axe and creating staircases out of boulders. And hiking; lots of hiking! Between seasons on Trail Crew, I took 4 major trips. In 2009, I traveled trough Central America from Panama to Mexico. In 2010, I hitch hiked down the West Coast from Seattle to San Diego. In the spring of 2011, I went down to Mexico (where I was born) and also to Cuba. Later that summer I flew up to Alaska & took a ferry down to Washington. I went to school in the Adirondacks for biology; graduated in 2008.

PHILOSOPHY

I'm spending my time learning skills that will come in handy in a post oil future. At the same time I'm trying to enjoy the benefits of cheap fossil fuels for as long as they last by traveling to far off places that I may never get the chance to see again.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Afoot and light-hearted, I take to the open road,
Healthy, free, the world before me,
The long brown path before me, leading wherever I choose

Interests

Small scale sustainable farms.
Contra & square dancing!
Hiking around the mountains in New England.
Living out of a backpack.
Hitchhiking into new towns and meeting funky people.
Cooperatives!
Riding bikes late at night.
Traveling around Latin America practicing Spanish.
Public transit; usually.
Libraries & used bookstores.
NPR!
Hopping the occasional freight train.

• dancing
• dining
• traveling
• hiking
• backpacking
• biology
• hitchhiking
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Hurray for the Riff Raff! Woody Guthrie, Hank Williams, Bob Dylan, Carolina Chocolate Drops, The Devil Makes Three, Old Crow Medicine Show, Rolling Stones, Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra, The Band, Janis

Films: Cool Hand Luke, One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Casablanca, Dr. Strangelove, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Waking Life, Easy Rider, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Life Aquatic, Night of the Living Dead, Pulp Fiction

Books: The Dharma Bums, The Gift of Good Land, Sometimes A Great Notion, On the Road, The Monkey Wrench Gang, In Dubious Battle, The Grapes of Wrath, Into the Wild, Calvin and Hobbes, For Whom the Bell Tolls, Catch 22, The Little Prince, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas, Even Cowgirls Get The Blues, Jitterbug Perfume, The Omnivore's Dilemma

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I rode freight trains from Pennsylvania down to Atlanta & from Chicago to Denver!

Teach, Learn, Share

I can sharpen an axe & grow my own food!

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, France, Guatemala, Honduras, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

Mexico, United States