I was an active host on both Couchsurfing and Warmshowers before covid. Now, I'm active again.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I enjoy seeing new places through the eyes of the people who live there. And I like making new friends from other countries! I also would be happy to host others visiting or traveling between Seattle and Portland, including cyclists traveling the Pacific Coast Highway 101 between Seattle and California.
I will be happy to host refugees from war temporarily.

Interests

Travel
Mountain biking
Windsurfing
Hiking
Museums
Local food

• dining
• wine
• traveling
• cycling
• hiking
• windsurfing
• camping
• mountain biking
• craft beer
• local food
• local history
• mtb
• live concerts
• post-rock
• camino de santiago

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Underworld, Orbital, Queens of the Stone Age, Skinny Puppy, Evil 9, David Tipper, This Will Destroy You, Radiohead, Mothers of Invention, NRBQ, Morphine, Tom Waits, Jerry Jeff Walker, Miles Davis, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Phillip Glass, Pete Tchaikovsky

Movies: Citizen Kane, Easy Rider, Bullitt, Vanishing Point (1971), Memento, The Sixth Sense, Ronin, Snowpiercer, Children of Men

Books: The Jungle, On the Road, Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, Desert Solitaire, The Crying of Lot 49, Trout Fishing in America, Mountain Man, Into Thin Air, Young Men and Fire, Never Eat Anything Bigger Than Your Head

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I walked from Cadiz to Fisterre in Spain, following the Via de la Plata

Teach, Learn, Share

I think we humans are all traveling to the same destination (certain death!).

We can travel there in parallel yet in solitude, or travel there together and help, enjoy, and learn from each other.

Both ways have value; both ways are necessary to have a happy, thoughtful existence.

When I travel, I am content in my own thoughts - but I hate eating meals alone! Lol

What I Can Share with Hosts

A friendly meal and conversation

60 years of embellished storytelling

Countries I’ve Visited

Aruba, Bermuda, Canada, France, Italy, Mexico, Portugal, Romania, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States