CURRENT MISSION

travel, explore, venture out, diversify, learn...

ABOUT ME

I love to cook and dress up in costumes...not at the same time. I am very outgoing and am usually a happy person...unless you catch me on an off day grrr. Meeting new people, testing new limits and experiencing different cultures is my favorite thing ever, thus I travel as much as I can and am happy to host when home. I love that know-your-neighbor type of small town, big lively cities and empty wildernesses. I am a super-active busy girl, when I am not traveling I am working so I can travel. When I am not working or traveling I play sports, explore the outdoors and find random creative crafty things to occupy my time. I'd say I am pretty fun and spunky, always down for an adventure.

PHILOSOPHY

ask not for an easier life, but to be a stronger person.

Life is a book and if you don't travel, you are only reading a chapter

"If you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid" -Albert Eistien

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Since I started surfing couches, I have found it is the only way to travel! Just got a place in South Lake Tahoe which I am very excited to both experience and share. There are a thousand fun things to see and do. I highly recommend checking the area out if you are making your way all the way to California!

I am spreading the word that couch surfing is the best way to see and experience any new place.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

My couch surfing started more as couch crashing while in college. I joined the CouchSurfing project in 07 and since then have surfed during all my travels!
SURFED:
- Near Inverness, Scotland with Maira Aug 07
- Koblenz, Germany with Sebastian Sept. 07
- Near Baden Baden, Germany with Dirk, Sept. 07
- Karlsruhe, Germany with Sierra, Sept 07
- Salzberg, Austria with Michael, Oct. 07
- Lucern, Switzerland with Tom and Sam Oct. 07
- Interlaken, Switzerland with Toby and Sam oct 07
- Washington DC with Scott then Jeff March 08
- Boston w/ Arron, Mike & Frankenstien, then rod 08
- Monterey, Ca with Xana, Topher then Denise 08
- Santa Cruise, Ca with Cliff 08
- Sydney, Australia with Chris 09
- Queenstown, Nz with Pete 09
- Nelson, Nz with Zane 09
- Whakatane, Nz with Jason and Janet 09
- Pahia, NZ, with Daniel and roomies 09
- Auckland NZ with team New Zealand 09
- The Whitsundays, oz with Naylor the sailor 09
- Katoomba, oz with Bret 09
- Barton Creek Outpost 2010

HOSTED:
- Jean Pier from France 08
- Chris, James & Mirjam froma Australia in Yosemite 09
- Ryan in Cairns oz 09
- Caroline from US 2010
- Christophe from France 2011
- Matt from Seattle 2011
- Maria from Canada 2011

Interests

Playing any and all sports: team sports, individual sports, extreme sports. All climbing and anything from back country hiking to dodge ball, volleyball to snowboarding, innertube water polo to skateboarding and surfing, sky diving to scuba diving. Snowboarding, backcountry hiking, rock climbing and volleyball are my favorites, also got a couple triathlons and half marathons under my belt.
I also dig the crafts: sewing (mostly costumes), baking, knitting, cooking, gardening, etc.
I love dancing and going out on the town with friends.
Nothing better than laying in a hammock reading a good book.

• fish
• books
• dancing
• cooking
• baking
• crafts
• gardening
• reading
• team sports
• traveling
• knitting
• outdoor activities
• fishing
• hiking
• surfing
• scuba diving
• skydiving
• skiing
• snowboarding
• skateboarding
• sports
• rock climbing
• volleyball
• water polo
• extreme sports
• beaches
• rivers
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: underground music and small town undiscovered bands that haven't hit the main stream yet. Anything that sounds good live, especially if they are playing at the Fillmore! Brandi Carlile, Gomez, The Silent Comedy, Sarah Bareilles, Bret Dennen, Yonder Mountain, Lorie McKenna.
Books: Anything by Bill Bryson and Barbera Kingsolver. Million Little Pieces and My Friend Leonard, Scar Tissue, Memoirs of a Geisha, Tuesdays with Morrie, Freakonomics, Mermaid Chair, Mercy of Thin Air... this could go on and on...
Movies: anything that leaves you thinking about it days later.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Met President Clinton, he is a chicky bum looker!

tried skydiving...got motion sickness once the chute opened. Now I know.

Teach, Learn, Share

If you are coming to California... skip LA and Hollywood they are a dirty crowded waste of time. Check out San Diego (PB and La Jolla) to get the real SoCal fun beachy vibe, check out San Fransisco to experience a very unique big city and Santa Cruise or San Louis Obispo to get a more northern-California beach experience.
But California has more to offer than just beaches and big cities, like mountians and snow (and great winter sports), forests and rivers(white water rafting)!
Tahoe is amazing year-round

California has everything from warm sunny beaches to cold snow-capped mountains, big cities to small towns nestled in miles of fertile farmland, the biggest trees in the world to endless deserts. So if you come to California, plan to spend some extra time and see everything we have to offer!
To get a real feel for all the nature Ca has to offer, try national park hopping.

Countries I’ve Visited

Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Austria, Belize, Costa Rica, Germany, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Ireland, Mexico, New Zealand, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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