CURRENT MISSION

My lifelong mission is to love more fully, to never stop having new experiences, and to cultivate wonder

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

The first night I spent couchsurfing, my wife and I stayed on a blow-up mattress on the kitchen floor of a run-down flat in New Orleans. There were cockroaches scuttling about and two little puppies climbing all over us! The accommodations weren't the finest, but I was happy to have a place to stay and our host was super generous with his time. We loved it.

Then, two days later we had made our way to Hilton Head Island, SC. There we stayed in the master bedroom of a wealthy doctor, on a king-sized bed, with a private bathroom and steam shower. He said his wife was out of town and he used couchsurfing as a way to bless others with what he'd been given.

The two stays could not have been more different, but we were amazed at both! It is truly incredible the connections and experiences that can be made here.

Interests

"There are two things that interest me: the relation of people to each other, and the relation of people to land" -Aldo Leopold

Additionally, I like being outdoors, biking, camping, banjos, and Conservation -

• dining
• cycling
• camping
• ecology

Music, Movies, and Books

For movies some of my favorites include spaghetti westerns, Sci Fi, Gone Fishin', and O brother where art thou? -

Music - Alison Krauss, Charlie Parr, Neil Young, Michael Hurley, Johnny Cash, MeWithoutYou

Books - A Sand County Almanac, The Kingkiller Chronicles, anything by Cory Doctorow

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I once watched my friend get a sudden nosebleed while he was driving. he pulled over and blew out a 3-inch-long blood slug/clot. It changed me. I feel like I left my childhood, right there on the side of an empty Montana highway. Nothing was ever the same after that.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can share knowledge of ecology, plant identification, wild food foraging, and bike mechanics.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Haiti, Mexico