CURRENT MISSION

To live completely before I die, and hopefully make a positive impact on the people I meet and the places I visit

ABOUT ME

Adventure involving air and/or water has always called to me. After skydiving for 20 years relatively injury-free, I now confine my fun to things a tad less stressful on the neck, like flying, scuba diving, competition dance team, and of course, travel. I absolutely love traveling and meeting people, and I'm lucky to have the means and opportunity to do lots of it. When not on a trip, I'm planning another!
The world is a big place full of wonderful places to visit and fascinating people who continue to enrich my life. Travel on! Retirement has it's benefits, for sure!!!

PHILOSOPHY

LIVE every day as if YOU were not a mistake!
Make your life FABULOUS. Enrich the lives of people you meet.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I have a a couple of rooms in two different homes in either Louisiana or Panama where I'd be able to host others when I am Not traveling. I love hosting and also meeting with other CSers and their friends when I am traveling. This is a great website to help you in many aspects of your travel.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've hosted some really nice folks , and I have surfed with wonderful people around the world since I became involved with this project. What a fabulous way to meet new friends!!!

Interests

Flying, scuba and snorkeling, golf, the guitar, watching live football & baseball, tv and movies, playing cards--especially Texas Hold Em Poker, competitive jazz dance, drinking good wine with good food, a nice cold beer on a hot day, ALL KINDS of History, and Culture, Theater, Symphony, movies and music and a good book while watching the waves---all this and more interests me!

• culture
• books
• theater
• festivals
• mardi gras
• dancing
• dining
• wine
• beer
• drinking
• flying
• movies
• tv
• traveling
• socializing
• poker
• music
• jazz
• guitar
• scuba diving
• snorkeling
• skydiving
• baseball
• soccer
• golf
• history
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Gone With The Wind
Good Will Hunting
Against All Odds, the Godfather movies
Lord of the Rings, Avatar, Star Wars, K-Pax
Star Trek--original series and New Generation and the first movies
TV: Seinfeld, Frasier, Boston Legal, Entourage, House
and the Graham Norton Show, & Absolutely Fabulous
Books of All Kinds---I love to read and listen to audiobooks of all kinds
Music: oldies,Rock, reggae, contemporary adult through NOW except for metal and rap

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Climbed to the Tiger's Nest in Bhutan!!!
Member of the Champion Samba school Beja Flor during Carnival in Rio and danced in the Sambadrome--twice!
Swam with Stingrays, dived all over the world
Snorkeled in Jellyfish Lake in Palau
Climbed The Great Wall of China-- all 4 sections
Flew in The Concord 3 times!!!!!
Experienced the Great Migration of the Zebras in Africa
Participated in record skydives
Paraglyding in Bali, Zermatt, and Christchurch, NZ Hanglyding in Rio
Climbed to Machuu Pichuu \ landed by heli on the Mendenhal Glacier, biked down a volcano in Maui
Drank Wine in the best vineyards in the world
Stayed in Scottish, French, German, And English Castles
Had One Night In Bangkok (more than once)
Mardi Gras celebrations too numerous to count!!!
Won 2 gold medals in Olympic Dance Competition
Watched monkeys in the trees at home in Bocas and saw Amazing sunrises, sunsets, and star-filled skies too many times to count!
Day of the Dead in Mexico and Easter in Antigua, Guatemala
The Panama Canal
Tulips blooming in the fields in Holland
Sat in the Queen's Pavilion at Royal Ascot and The
Royal Regatta at Henley
The Legendary Floating Mountains of Pandora (Zhangjiajie, China)
Canyon del Copra in Mexico---Also LOVE the Grand Canyon
Machu Picchu, Peru
Held a Panda, a Koala, a tiger cub, swam with whale sharks and dolphins
Had both Skydiving and Scubadiving Weddings
Went Ice Tubing in Harbin, China 'a ice festival
Skied the Zugspitz in Barvaria and also the Matterhorn
Paraglyding in Rio, Bali, Zermatte, & Christchurch and powered paragliding in the mountains of Romania!
Dahmanhur underground temples in northern Italy
Soooooo much more in this great big, gorgeous world!!!

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you about my Cajun culture and life on the River in Westlake, Louisiana and about the tropical, laid-back island life in Bocas del Toro, Panama.

What I Can Share with Hosts

My LIFE

Countries I’ve Visited

Anguilla, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bhutan, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Cayman Islands, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Ecuador, Egypt, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guam, Guatemala, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Micronesia, Federated States of, Monaco, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Palau, Peru, Philippines, Romania, Russian Federation, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Tanzania, Tunisia, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Viet Nam, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

Panama, United States