CURRENT MISSION

We want to provide a comfy bedroom & an insider's perspective to appreciate Missoula-town to a fellow traveling couchsurfer.

ABOUT ME

Doctor of Physical Therapy of typical jointy issues; Ultimate Frisbee/Bike-tour/Cycling/Soccer enthusiast; Edible Yardening champion; Volunteer in various civic leadership organizations; Stringed instruments/Music-ophile; Big fan of the evening pint-o-beer; Trail running/Mountain biking when the skies permit; Ski'er/powder hound; World traveler looking to give back to the many couches I've crashed upon while seeing Europe/Asia/Australia/Russia on a shoestring budget.

PHILOSOPHY

Live, love, give back to this great world we live in.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

My wife & I are looking to give back to the many kind hosts and comfy couches I've crashed upon while seeing Europe/Asia/Australia/Eastern Block on a shoestring budget.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Growing up with frugal parents I spent many a vacation camping or sleeping on the floor of some relative. I enjoy furthering the connection to a new town via the local perspective, trying the food and seeing how people live in their environs. Hotels and youth hostels are fun, but couchsurfing has always had an additional element of low-budget/high-positivity, memory-making fun.

Interests

Doctor of Physical Therapy; Ultimate Frisbee/Soccer enthusiast; Edible Yardening champion; Volunteer in various civic leadership organizations; Stringed instruments/Music-ophile; Big fan of the evening pint-o-beer; Trail running/Mountain biking when the skies permit; Ski'er/powder hound; World traveler looking to give back to the many couches I've crashed upon while seeing Europe/Asia/Australia/Russia on a shoestring budget.

• dining
• beer
• running
• traveling
• music
• cycling
• camping
• skiing
• trail running
• soccer
• medicine
• volunteering
• tours

Music, Movies, and Books

Favorite recent movie: Napolean Dynamite
Current iPod playlist: Greg Brown; Chris Smithers; Robert Earl Keen; Amy Winehouse; Monsters of Folk

Reading: A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving); The Missoula Independent Free Weekly Paper; The PT Journal

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Just returned from 2 weeks touring western Russia. Amazing tours & vacation stays in Moscow (albeit insanely hot'n'smokey); St. Petersburg; Novgorod; & Suzdal

Teach, Learn, Share

I teach a lot of people about their bodies on a daily basis and work with them on ways to heal injuries and/or improve their physical existence.

What I Can Share with Hosts

A fervent passion for exploring the world, human fitness or lack thereof, curiosity in world history and the potential benefits of kindness to a traveling stranger

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