CURRENT MISSION

Inspire people to make positive changes in their lives.

ABOUT ME

I am a free person in every sense of the word. When I graduated from high school instead of going to college I flew from Orange County California (My Birthplace) to Frankfurt Germany - I spent a year bike touring through 8 countries and was in Berlin when The Wall came down. I returned to California only to head out for Alaska in August of the next year. I cycled from Fairbanks AK to Pendelton OR in about 45 days then returned to Alaska "just to spend the winter" I never left there. I made Alaska my new home and loved it - hated to even go on vacation anywhere else until 15 years later when I went to Hawaii for the first time and discovered scuba diving. I went home sold my business, sold my realestate and quit my job and got divorced. I went back to Hawaii and bike toured all the islands and got my scuba ceritfication. Since then, I have been diving in Mexico, Belize, California and all over Hawaii. When I am home I take in travelers. In 2008 I biked from Eugene, OR to Newport Beach, CA. I was born in 1971. I have 5 kids ages 15 to 4 year who live in Alaska. I was in the Car business for 10 years and I owned Alaska Computer Doctor for 7 years. I used to be a meat cutter and had a snow removal business in Alaska as well. I am fun and smart and encouraging and my frineds love me.

PHILOSOPHY

I am here to inspire and encourage people to their next level - to show that if I can do it anyone can do anything they want. To put my "philosophy" in one sentance....might be tough - but "We are all vibrational and like attracts like"

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

When I host - my home is your home. When I am in Alaska I have been know to bring home travelers with me and feed them and house them and give them tours of Alaska. I PAY IT FORWARD

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Been on the site since Sept 2008 had some very nice experiences with couch surfers - in my travels people have been so generous with me that I have returned the favor at every opportunity - sometimes its buying a random stranger their breakfast or bringing home a traveller to my home in Anchorage.

Interests

Bike Touring, SCUBA, Travel, Flying, Photography, playing the drums

• books
• photography
• cooking
• breakfast
• flying
• traveling
• drums
• cycling
• scuba diving
• business
• medicine
• tours
• beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: The Secret, Vanilla Sky, The Big Blue, Crash, The Big Fish, Second Hand Lions, Iron Man, Pay it Forward
Music: Too Much to list
Books: Ask and It is Given, The Magic of Thinking Big, Awaken the Giant Within, Embraced by the Light, The Alchemist

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I was in Berlin when the Wall Came down
I have rode my bicycle over 10,000 miles in 10 countires.
I wrote a book called "Kansas Isn't Pink" about my one-year odyssey in Europe
I have to Nemrut Dag in Eastern Turkey
I was in the Soviet Union in 1990 and gave my tour group te slip and spent a day exploring by myself.
I hitchhiked through Mexio in 2008.

Teach, Learn, Share

How to Build a Dream and Make it Come True - really
I can cook - yummy stuff
I help people let go of their fears - by realizing where they might have originated and helping them build paths around those fears.
I can speak German and English

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belize, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Macedonia, Mexico, Netherlands, Russian Federation, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, United States