I'm full of energy. I feel like I'm 40 years old instead of 64. I love to dance, partner dance preferably, and will do it all day long with good music. I am a builder by trade and addiction. I love the old skills . I've only couch surfed with other members but want to start doing it to build my own profile. Just spent a month going to music and dance festivals in central France. I'm really into organic gardening and sold at market for a couple years. My primary residence is 2 hours west of Nashville, TN (possibly the best city in the US) on the Tennessee River. It is a wild, beautiful, remote area with a huge lake, LOTS of forest land and few people

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Hoping to connect with people who have similar interests to mine as part of my travel experience.

Interests

I am pretty much addicted to two things--dancing and building.Dancing includes Cajun, Zydeco, swing, 2 step, waltz, clogging and flatfooting, some latin, and a host of others. I really like to dance to country music. Nashville is about heaven for me.
I am constantly involved in some building project. Right now it's my house I'm building in TN. I did restoration contracting for 30 years and love the primitive styles of buildings.
I live part time in Virginia and part time in TN and travel a lot since I retired. I try to go dancing wherever I go, for the joy of doing it and to learn how people dance in each place

• dancing
• gardening
• traveling
• music
• building

Music, Movies, and Books

I almost never watch TV or go to movies. I seldom read fiction. I read primarily to learn. I like to study languages. My taste in music is influenced by my love of dancing.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I learned to dance after I was 45 and I learned to speak Spanish after I was 50. Just spent a month dancing in central France and I can now carry on a conversation in French. I sold fast food 3 hours a day for 5 days to an all French crowd with all French Cooks at Le Son Continu for my immersion class. Danced every day for a month while there.

Teach, Learn, Share

I know a lot about organic vegetable gardening, a fair amount about blacksmithing, TONS about old buildings and how they were built before electric tools existed, I always want to dance and share what I know and learn what I can.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Costa Rica, France, Mexico, Portugal, Spain

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States