Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

hosting and surfing when I can.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

It's been amazing! I've hosted travelers in LA and SLO and couchsurfed all around Australia, New Zealand, and Europe.

Interests

reading, hiking, swimming, running, hula hooping, snorkeling, dancing, taking long walks and exploring new places, beer and wine, beards, hot tubs, museums, bars and pubs, used book stores, beer festivals ...

Music, Movies, and Books

Tom Robbins, W. Somerset Maugham, Cheryl Strayed, Jack Kerouac, Margaret Atwood, Kurt Vonnegut, Bill Bryson, Oscar Wilde, Joan Didion, Stephen King, Michael Pollan, Philip Roth, Jon Krakauer, Wally Lamb, Nick Hornby, Dean Koontz, Daniel Quinn, Janet Fitch, Michael Cunningham

Alison Krauss, Sarah Jarosz, Jason Mraz, DMB, Adele, Eddie Vedder, The Beards, Norah Jones, Zac Brown Band, Vulfpeck

Shawshank Redemption, Into the Wild, Castaway, Superbad

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I have ... snorkeled at the Great Barrier Reef; watched tennis at the Australian Open; hitchhiked around the south island of New Zealand; sailed with friends off the coast of Croatia for a week and visited several beautiful islands in the Adriatic Sea; strolled through the spectacular Plitvice Lakes National Park; finished several half marathons and one full marathon in my beautiful town of San Luis Obispo; creeped on black bears in Yosemite;

Teach, Learn, Share

"While I am alive, I intend to live." ~Everett Ruess

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Belgium, Bermuda, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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