My friend Mike Vanes and I are traveling throughout the western U.S. as a little graduation present to ourselves, to do a little exploring, and look for a cool place to eventually move to. We are both 23 years old and just recently graduated from ohio university, I have a degree in mechanical engineering and he has a degree in BIOS pre-med

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

As I said before, im looking for a new place to live. Im from yongstown, ohio, a once booming but now dying and decrepit city that I very much want to escape. We mainly intend to do a lot of camping in national parks but it would be nice to have a little shelter should weather turn for the worst or we just a nice hot shower. Also, it would even be nice to just be able to pitch our tent in a backyard or park our car in your driveway if you don't want two 23 year old in your place. If we are staying in a city, it would obviously be difficult to go see the city and retreat back to a campsite in the evening to sleep.

Interests

We are trying to do lots of camping, hiking, white water rafting, rock climbing, some concerts along the way (anything punk/ska/alternative), definitely gonna do some skateboarding, sand sledding, the whole reason I want to move out west is for the rockies (im a snowboarder) but I have a few months to wait before I take advantage of that

• concerts
• traveling
• hiking
• camping
• snowboarding
• skateboarding
• rock climbing
• soccer
• engineering
• parks

Music, Movies, and Books

The Clash, Rancid, Streetlight Manifesto, 21 Pilots, Me First & the Gimmie Gimmies, The Cure, Joe Strummer, The White Stripes, The Raconteurs, Social Distortion, Bad Religion, Iron Maiden, The Smiths, NOFX, Gogol Bordello, Mattafix, SOJA, Citizen Cope

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I was the goal keeper for mens soccer at Ohio University for 2 years (my junior year and my 5th year)

What I Can Share with Hosts

We will be happy to toss the host some money (maybe about $30), to spend the night, do the dishes, clean a bathroom, it doesn't matter. we are trying to go on the road on the cheap so we have no problems doing a little extra work to show our appreciation.

Countries I’ve Visited

Bahamas, Canada, France, Italy, Mexico, Virgin Islands, U.S.