CURRENT MISSION

49 States down, 1 to go

ABOUT ME

As Hank Williams sang, I could settle down and be doing just fine, until I hear an old freight rolling down the line. Happiness to me is a wide open road and my little truck rumbling down it. I'm from Napa, California, and I've had the good fortune to see a bit of the world and a whole lot of my own country too. I'm a night owl, a reader, a music lover, and an everday philosopher. I relish simple actions that defy the ordinary.

PHILOSOPHY

The most powerful currency in life is the relationships one builds.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I'm indebted to the CS community after a number of memorable surfing experiences. Looking to return the favors, now that I've got a place of my own. I love seeing technology work to bring people together face to face, promoting living networks from the digital ones.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Awesome experiences in Florida and Canada. I even was able to play host in California to one of my Canadian hosts from years earlier.

Interests

I love building and fixing things with my hands. I build pieces of furniture, take things apart, work on my truck, fix up my house and try to understand the world that surrounds me every opportunity I get. I love music, particularly soul and blues. I also love playing basketball, riding my bicycle, and water of every sort, be it ocean, lake, pool or hot tub. I'm awful happy when I'm on the move.

• wine
• technology
• music
• blues
• surfing
• basketball
• swimming
• mathematics

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies: Anything PT Anderson, Raising Arizona, Cool Hand Luke, Big Lebowski, Baseketball

Music: Junior Wells, Meters, Electric Six, Tower of Power, Nat King cole

Books: Anything by Murakami, Mother Night, Brothers Karamazov,Unbearable Lightness of Being, Poor Richard's Almanack

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've made wine in my own kitchen and it ended up tasting good.

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Mexico, Netherlands, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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