CURRENT MISSION

Trail Building all day...finding some time for exploring. Want to do a long hike soon!

ABOUT ME

I have lived in/near the Whiteaker neighborhood since March 2005 here in Eugene and I love it. I was born and raised in Oregon and I think it is the greatest place on earth but there is nothing I enjoy more than traveling and seeing other places.

I am primarily work as a trail builder/wilderness construction. I will sometimes do wildland fire fighting, habitat restoration, and tree planting. Sometimes I am unemployed and get to explore or just work on my house

I have traveled all over the states by the power of my thumb and have had many aMAZing experiences! I love to meet fellow travelers....especially ones that choose to do so in a less conventional manner!

PHILOSOPHY

Don't wander around the house like a sewing machine that's just finished sewing a turd to a garbage can lid! It wont get you anywhere!

Coffee makes it worth getting out of bed!

My dog Zinc is my BFF.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I am adding myself to this amazing community of people with a positive attitude!

I have been pretty much absent from the CS community since 2010. hoping to get back into it at some point

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I have couch surfed all over the place and had a great time meeting all walks of life doing it. Lots of my Couch Surfing experience has been not through the website, just kind people offering me a place to crash while traveling.

Dec. 2006:

Okay so my CSing experience is official now...myself and 5 others CSed all over the northwest for two weeks and had a blast doing it. We made some great friends and had some amazing experiences. Thanks Eric, Greg, Charlie, Geraldo, and Rebecca...you were all amazing hosts..thanks for being so brave to take on 6 of us!!!!

The list of people I have hosted keeps growing!
Here is the ongoing list of all the CS experiences (hosts and guests) in chronological order:

Hosted: Rudolph, oct. 24 - oct. 26 2006
Hosted: Sebastian, nov. 26th 2006
Surfed: Eric Smiley, Seattle WA, Dec. 8th, 9th 2006
Surfed: Greg, Bellingham WA, Dec. 10th, 11th 2006
Surfed: Charlie, Vancouver BC, Dec. 12th - 15th 2006
Surfed: Geraldo, Vancouver BC, Dec. 16th - 18th 2006
Surfed: Rebecca, Vancouver BC, Dec. 19th, 20th 2006
Surfed: Eric Smiley, Seattle WA, Dec. 21st, 22nd 2006
Hosted: Eric Smiley, Jan. 29th 2007
Hosted: Adam and Russ, Jan. 31st - Feb. 1st 2007
Hosted: Greg, Feb. 2nd 2007
Hosted: Eric Smiley, Feb. 7th 2007
Hosted: Amy and Larisa, March 4th-6th 2007
Hosted: Tom, March 11th-13th 2007
Hosted: Hayley and Micheal, March 12th-14th 2007
Hosted: Will and Dustin, March 23rd 2007
Hosted: Beckey, April 19th-21st 2007
Hosted: Zoey and Jacinta, April 20th-22nd 2007
Hosted: Anthony, April 29thth- May 3rd 2007
Hosted: Kathy, May 7th- May 11th 2007
Hosted: Jeanne, May 11thth- May 13th 2007
Hosted: Meghan, Abby, and Chelsea, May 25th-28th 2007
Surfed: Simon, Frankfurt GER, Dec. 4th-6th, 2007
Surfed: Peter, Stuttgart GER, Dec. 6th-11th, 2007
Surfed: Zac, Munich GER, Dec. 11th-13th, 2007
Surfed: Georg, Vienna Austria, Dec. 13th-16th, 2007
Surfed: Mihaly, Budapest Hungary, Dec. 16th-19th, 2007
Surfed: Nikola, Pula Croatia, Dec. 23rd-25th, 2007
Surfed: Damjan, Ljubljana SLO, Dec. 26th-28th, 2007
Surfed: Jordan, Slazburg Austria, Dec. 28th-29th, 2007
Surfed: Glenda, Dublin Ireland, Dec. 30th-Jan. 4th, 2008

The list goes on!

Interests

TRAILS!, my dog Zinc, running, hitch-hiking, beer, juggling, discgolf, bikes, friends, the pacific northwest, chips and salsa, fungi, potlucks, cereal, trees, fixed gears, the coast, chopping wood, camping, living simply, eating, monster cookies, whips, music, riding my bike really fast, fire, beer, OREGON, climbing trees, beer, Canada, peeing outside, art, beer, my parents, huckleberrys, Indiana Jones, rocks, the desert, dessert, slippers, string theory, calculus, coffee, tea, making cards for people I care about, walking on my hands, people watching, going to shows, going to plays, pencils, teeth, eyebrows, hair, moss, physics, the simpsons, peaches, cobblers, wood, snow, rain, rice, hats, meeting interesting people, live music, sunshine, being happy, and of course COUCHSURFING!

• arts
• beer
• coffee
• walking
• traveling
• restoration
• juggling
• music
• live music
• cycling
• hiking
• camping
• surfing
• rock climbing
• languages
• physics
• hitchhiking

Music, Movies, and Books

Music: Rancid, Air, Radio head, Aphex twin, John Cash, both the Bobs (Dylan and Marley), Sweater Club, The Toasters, CCR, MC5, Otis Redding, Del, Drop Kick Murphy's, RX Bandits, fatboy slim, The streets, Hieroglyphics, Rage, Transplants, Dr. Yahweh, Beta Band, Gorillaz, Sneaker Pimps, Prodigy, anything with a digerrdoo, Wesley Willis, Hank Williams Sr, Infected Mushroom, Against Me!, RJD2, Bassnectar, .....lots o' stuff

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Making it to the end of the road, all the kind generous people in the world, and
eating a giant basket of cookies in one sitting.

Teach, Learn, Share

I have many odd skillz I can share with all such as juggling, unicycling, diabolo and whips....I have extensive knowledge of cool things to do in Oregon , know alot about hitchhiking, beer, climbing trees, being kind, wildland firefighting, plant ID, tree planting, and habitat restoration.

I am always down to learn new skillz/languages/ways of thought/etc.

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Belize, Canada, Croatia, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Japan, Mexico, Slovenia, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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