CURRENT MISSION

I will not rest until I've done the Soulja Boy dance on every continent...

ABOUT ME

I love to travel! I try and take 3 months off of work every year and go backpacking through different countries. I have been to every continent but Antarctica. Maybe someday... I feel blessed to have seen so much of the world, but I know there is so much more to explore. This is the sixth year in a row that I have been able to take 3 months off and hope to continue doing it for several years to come.

PHILOSOPHY

I believe that life is short so it's important to live it to the fullest. I think that so many people waste their lives working full-time and plan on traveling when they retire. When they actually get around to retiring they've lost their health or their nerve and never end up doing it. So it's important to do it now, while you can :)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I am rather new to Couchsurfing so I've only attended a few events, but I plan on going to more. So far, I've been impressed with all of the fun activities that members have planned.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I am not in a position where I can host at the moment and I'm fairly new to Couchsurfing so I haven't gone anywhere and been hosted yet. Maybe that will be my goal this year... I attended the Mpls Couchsurfing events weekend last year and was blown away by how fun everthing was and also how friendly everybody was.

Interests

I love being active, being outside, and trying new things. I also love variety, I'm not really just into one thing. I love doing several things. I enjoy hiking, camping, cross country skiing, snowboarding, canoeing, rollerblading, indoor rockclimbing, and dancing. I like trying ethnic foods because it's fun to reminisce about old traveling experiences in some of those countries. I also love laughing.

• dancing
• traveling
• survival
• hiking
• backpacking
• canoeing
• camping
• skiing
• snowboarding

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: A Lot Like Love, Old School, Love Actually, Crash, Blood Diamond, and The Departed.

Music: Please don't judge me too harshly but I have a soft spot for crappy pop music, country music, I love John Mayer and I haven't heard a Taylor Swift or Kelly Clarkson song that I didn't like. I know, its embarrasing. But you like what you like. I usually don't inflict my poor music choices on other people...

I also enjoy the Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Foo Fighters, Weezer, and Otis Redding.

Books: The Kite Runner, A Thousand Splendid Suns, Go Ask Alice, Eat,Pray,love, and Three Cups of Tea.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I have been to four of the seven wonders of the World. I have seen the Colosseum, the Great Wall of China, Machu Picchu, and Taj Mahal. Each was amazing in their own way and I can't wait to see what the last three have in store...

Teach, Learn, Share

I have travelled through many different countries and have some interesting border crossing stories and I have been to some dangerous places and managed to come back home unharmed. I could teach about survival. I know a great deal about worldwide traveling but I have a lot to learn about local traveling and enjoying the period where I have to stay at home and save up money. I could share tons of crazy traveling stories and would love to hear some.