CURRENT MISSION

Learn, grow, be joyful, provide for my family.

ABOUT ME

I love riding bikes, working on bikes, and talking about bikes. I also love the town I live in, and would be glad to show you around.

PHILOSOPHY

Our hardships contain lessons. Regret is what happens when I don't look for the lesson in my mistakes.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I host much more often than surf. I love doing both. I get the pleasure of opening my home up to someone and making them feel welcome, and in exchange I get excellent motivation to clean house!

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've never had a bad couchsurfing experience.

Interests

Learning how to do things with my hands, hiking, camping, making friends, cooking, biking, gardening, making beer.

• cooking
• beer
• gardening
• traveling
• homebrewing
• cycling
• hiking
• backpacking
• camping
• hitchhiking

Music, Movies, and Books

These days I've just about always got a book or two that I'm in the middle of. Usually non-fiction, some history, but really anything that just strikes my fancy.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

The only other thing that I feel particularly amazed by is that I've been blessed with the courage to do exactly what I've always wanted That is, to travel the country by hitchhiking, living out of a backpack.

Countries I’ve Visited

Costa Rica, Guatemala, Japan, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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