CURRENT MISSION See some people and meet some places.

ABOUT ME: My favorite sea creature is the Loch Ness Monster and my favorite toothpaste is the minty kind. I'd like to do a lot of things in my days on this fair planet. For now I'm enjoying learning and I plan to continue doing so until I'm a blue haired old lady. And then I'll probably learn whatever it is that blue haired old ladies know. I fancy myself easy to get along with. I love listening to stories, everyone's stories, your stories! I was born, raised, and stayed in Portland, OR, but now I am unfortunately unable to host Couchsurfers because I live in my truck. My truck-house can usually be found parked somewhere along the Sierra Nevada mountain range of California these days.

PHILOSOPHY: A person doesn't really need a whole lot more than food, water, community, and maybe a good pair of shoes.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Meeting travel buddies, hosting good people, and surfing the high sea of couches.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Surfed a couple of times while traveling in Mexico and again while in Colorado, and have hosted a myriad of wonderful people in my hometown of Portland!

Interests

Traveling, being outside, writing, reading, rock climbing, being around people, being by myself, music, social justice, riding my bicycle, political ecology, scrambling around on rocks, languages, mountaineering, rafting, yoga, baking desserts, skiing, painting pictures with watercolors, urban agriculture, planting sunflowers, and eating papaya with a spoon.

• writing
• cooking
• yoga
• gardening
• reading
• traveling
• mountaineering
• skiing
• rock climbing
• languages
• social justice
• political ecology

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies:The good kind

Music: Primarily: blues, jazz, hiphop, funk, and folk

Books (authors): Robin Wall Kimmerer, Zadie Smith, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, David Foster Wallace, Bell Hooks, Lewis Carroll, Hunter S. Thompson, John Steinbeck

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Stories about amazing things are best told in the company of good people with a belly full of cheap wine.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can take you rock climbing or make you dinner!

I'd love to learn whatever it is you know. Teach me how to make a meal or play a song or plant a garden or peel a banana with my toes!

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Chile, Cuba, Ecuador, France, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Switzerland

Countries I’ve Lived In

Costa Rica, United States