CURRENT MISSION

learn and teach something every day

ABOUT ME

I am an energetic and fun-loving kid forever. I grow plants, raise animals, play hand drums, go backpacking, love snowboarding, and catch any reptile anywhere in the world. I live with my wife (wildlife biologist) and I have a 17-year-old daughter who lives with me half the time. Between the three of us we have about 20 different pets. I'm an integrated pest management (IPM) Advisor for the University of California Cooperative Extension, and my interests and expertise include entomology, horticulture, ecology, mathematics and meteorology . I travel whenever I can-preferably to a place with natural beauty and/or interesting culture.

PHILOSOPHY

You only live once, so don't waste a chance to build friendship, experience pleasure and pain, and make someone laugh.

Warum ich bei Couchsurfing bin

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I offer up my humble abode to weary travelers. I will teach you something and you will teach me as well.

Interessen

gardening, board sports, hiking, reptile catching, birdwatching, cycling, intramural sports, expedition backpacking

Musik, Filme und Bücher

Reggae (dub, dancehall and oldies), hip hop, gangsta rap, electronic, international, percussion. There is a time and a place for all genres of music.

Eine tolle Erfahrung, die ich gemacht habe

I slept overnight in a prison cell on Alcatraz Island and explored the abandoned infirmary and the roof by headlamp.

Länder, die ich besucht habe

Argentina, Bahamas, Belize, Brazil, Canada, Costa Rica, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Finland, France, Italy, Mexico, Spain, United Kingdom

Länder, in denen ich gelebt habe

United States