CURRENT MISSION

To live each moment enjoying friends and community.

ABOUT ME

I love to canoe or raft Alaska rivers and backpacking is a way to enjoy the wild without dealing with a vehicle. I've travelled in 30 counties - in many I spent 2 months. Now, I live in Kachemak Bay Alaska at the end of the Kenai Peninsula where galciers meet the sea. I love being a single woman with grandchildren. Reading is a passion, visiting communities, gardening, movies, dancing, hiking...Now I live in Greenville, SC and go to Alaska for the summers.

PHILOSOPHY

I live my life to experience the joy of nature and relationships with loving friends.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Encouraging others to travel and giving a place to stay for tenters or RVs while I am in Homer. I encouraged Casey Fenton to come to Alaska and he did! This was in the beginning days of Couch Surfing. Recently I joined the Phoenix Group and went to a picnic - it was terrific!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have sponsored various travellers to come and stay in my camper, cabin or put up a tent in Homer.

Interests

Motorcycling, backpacking and canoeing are also favorites. Anyone that lives a simple lifestyle outside the box excites me. I love to sit over a campfire and share stories or drive to favorite view spots of the bay and look out at the grandeur of glaciel peaks.
Since 2013 I have lived in South Carolina and visit Alaska in the summers...I enjoy being a grandmother...creating community with girlfriends and the Unitarian fellowship here.

• dancing
• dining
• wine
• picnic
• gardening
• movies
• reading
• traveling
• hiking
• backpacking
• canoeing
• camping
• surfing
• boxing
• rivers

Music, Movies, and Books

Any kind of movies except violent ones - I love Pink Floyd - any books on religion or history. My favorite - "Women Who Run with the Wolves" - combines Jungian psychology with environmental concerns. Music makes everything magical.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I circumnavigated the Anapurna Range in Nepal and hiked to the base camp of Everest from two different directions,and also spent 8 weeks canoeing the Alatna and Noatak Rivers in the arctic of Alaska. As part of 3 years of overseas travel I spent time in Europe, Asia (India for 6 months) and Southeast Asia, ending with 4 months in New Zealand. I am a great grandmother and grandmother. I have been married 4 times....and the last gentlemen grew up in Alaska and we met and married in Homer....John Seitz. Now we live a happy retired life in Greenville, SC

Teach, Learn, Share

Anyone seeking knowledge of Alaska - especially the cosmic hamlet of Homer. See www.cosmichamlet.com and www.alaskaodyssey.com - I also give shiatsu foot massage to weary feet. Non-violent/compassionate communication is a focus. I enjoy helping to plan trips for people visiting Alaska.

What I Can Share with Hosts

food/wine
money
travel stories
friendship
foot massage

Countries I’ve Visited

Nepal, New Zealand, Norway, Singapore, Sweden, Thailand

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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