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Overview

  • 15 references 5 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English
  • 40, Male
  • Member since 2008
  • environmental organizer and educator
  • environmental science BS
  • From sherwood, OR and JL, BC
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

move to Victoria!

ABOUT ME

I like traveling. I like music. I like people. I like improv.

I live on salt spring island!. Growing up in the Portland area, I spent my summers in BC.

PHILOSOPHY

Love is all around. Respect others. First impressions aren't always accurate. Remember to listen. Life isn't fair, but we can try to be fair to each other.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I started on Couchsurfing by accident while looking for a place to stay in Bellingham a couple of years ago. A nice Couchsurfing couple invited me to stay with them and then asked me to get on the website and write them a review. Since then, I've had many great experiences surfing and hosting, mostly in Chicago and Mississippi.

Interests

I've started to learn to call contra and square dances, and love it. I'm also involved with gulf islands community radio at www.islandsradio.ca

  • concerts
  • traveling
  • music
  • kayaking
  • parks

Music, Movies, and Books

Life has been good to me, and it makes me feel good to We all have different motivations in our day to day lives, but we also all have more similarities than differences. Within reason and reality, it's important to trust others. The more we all have confidence in each other and ourselves, the more we can collectively achieve.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Most recently, a barred owl swooped out of the forest and on to a nearby branch, and we had a little staring contest.

Although I've told the story so many times that it's become a joke, I once played a song onstage with my heroes, Ween.

I've spent a number of summers in state and national parks which gave me a variety of interesting experiences.

Teach, Learn, Share

Basic banjo, square dance, improv, sailing

What I Can Share with Hosts

Laughs, respect

Countries I’ve Visited

Mexico, Morocco, Peru

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada, United States

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