I live in Gibsons which is a seaside community near Vancouver, British Columbia. Gibsons is a 40 minute ferry ride from Horseshoe Bay. It is a busy tourist destination in the summer and was the location of the TV series The Beachcombers for many years.
I enjoy the outdoors, gardening, hiking, and especially travelling. I am trying to learn Spanish so that I can spend more time in Latin American countries.

PHILOSOPHY

live simply so others may simply live

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

When I travel, I try to do a little couchsurfing in each country and in the summer months, I welcome couchsurfers to my home on the coast of British Columbia.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

My hosts have shown me amazing places that I would never have found without their help and my guests have such an enthusiam for my community that I appreciate my own location even more because of them.

Interests

gardening, kayaking, sustainability, local foods. I am currently taking piano lessons to learn how to play the Blues. I am conscious of my ecological carbon footprint and grow a lot of my own food and support local farmers on the Sunshine Coast.

My next trip if possible, will be to follow my grandparents' postcards through Chile where they lived from 1920 to 1941.

• dogs
• horses
• birds
• photography
• cooking
• gardening
• knitting
• outdoor activities
• old postcards
• local artists

Music, Movies, and Books

Ann Patchett, Rohinton Mistry, Barbara Kingsolver, Thomas King, Amy Tan. I am working my way through Russian novels which are ideal for long trips.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The most amazing things that I have seen are phosphorescence in the ocean, the aurora borealis in the North, and fireflies in the Amazon rainforest.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach and share gardening as well as arts and crafts ideas.

Countries I’ve Visited

Costa Rica, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Laos, Mexico, Netherlands, Peru, Scotland, Spain, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada

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