CURRENT MISSION

Meet new people. I enjoy having people come into my life. I've had many people travel through, including people waling the country and friends.

ABOUT ME

Warm, friendly, real, considerate. Enjoy the outdoors; love camping and hiking; also love the serenity of doing nothing in the back yard. I love solo trips as well as trips with others. Have been to Burning Man 3 years, helped organize the local burn for 5. I am a naturist and run a local male nudist group, though I don't throw it in people's faces. I love bed & breakfasts more than fancy hotels, though I love fancy hotels as well. I feel as comfortable in a yurt as I do in a marble-floored penthouse suite.
I am partnered and we live together. We also have a roommate/friend. We are a multi-ethnic household: White-bread Utahn, Peruvian, and Filipino.
My partner and I are monogamous, if you are wondering.
I don't do drugs and don't allow drugs stronger than alcohol or pot in my home. I don't smoke, but you can on the deck or porch.
I have a friendly/sociable cat.

PHILOSOPHY

Live and let live, open to differences of all kinds

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I mostly host. As a business owner, I don't get a ton of chances to run around the country.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Newbie, though have hosted for many years.

Interests

I love building things and restoring my 1917 bungalow. Nature and the outdoors call me. I'm interested in politics, alternative spiritualities and philosophies, but I rarely talk about any of those things as they are deeply personal to me. I became a gay activist when I left my parents' house in the 80s. I now own and publish the local gay news magazine.
I love karaoke and I sing in the Salt Lake Men's Choir.

• cats
• singing
• running
• politics
• news
• traveling
• karaoke
• outdoor activities
• hiking
• camping
• business

Music, Movies, and Books

Anything Armistead Maupin. Grapes of Wrath. Coming of age books.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

This will sound trite, but sunsets will stop me in my tracks and are much of the reason I stay in Utah. You won't see better. I dare you to convince me otherwise. Family is the other reason I stay. The umbilical cord is short.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Slovakia, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States