CURRENT MISSION

Mejorar mi espanol. Mieux parler le francais.

ABOUT ME

Rural house on 3 acres (1 ha) on Potomac River, 6 miles north of Harpers Ferry.

Car or motorcycle needed to get here and get around. If you can't get here, alternatives include:
C+O Canal National Park is probably cheapest if you have a tent: https://www.nps.gov/choh/planyourvisit/camping.htm
Cabins and sites up a hill outside Harpers Ferry: http://www.harpersferrykoa.com/

If you can get here, you can enjoy the birds, deer, trees, the river going by, walks in the woods.

Harpers Ferry has even more views of the Potomac and also the Shenandoah River. The Appalachian Trail goes right through Harpers Ferry. The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal has level hiking and biking for many miles in both directions from Harpers Ferry or Shepherdstown (185 miles total!)

Come experience the turkey vultures, dogwoods, cedars, calls of doves, owls and woodpeckers. With a large library and warm fire, enjoy beautiful fall leaves, snow falling in winter, spring flowers, or summer sun sparkling on the river.

I've enjoyed traveling in Africa, Europe, Latin America, S. Pacific.

Retired researcher on housing and education. Retired president of county planning commission. Now researching global language courses (http://Lang1234.com), global warming (http://CO2List.org), US health care (http://Globe1234.info), Election security (http://Votewell.net)

PHILOSOPHY

Finding good solutions!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've enjoyed visiting and hosting CouchSurfers across the state and country, and meeting new people, learning a little about their lives. I look forward to practicing Spanish and French.

I encourage all English-speakers who travel abroad to join http://iamat.org, for lists of English-speaking doctors

Interests

I'm on the Potomac half way between Harpers Ferry and Shepherdstown, both of which are 200-year old small towns, great to walk through, as is the C+O Canal across the river, and the Appalachian Trail
http://nps.gov/choh
http://nps.gov/hafe
http://nps.gov/appa
More sites from 1700s: http://washingtonheritagetrail.com/history.html

Contra (folk) dance 1st Saturday each month except summer
http://smad.us

You can rent tubes, kayaks, canoes from outfitters nearby.
http://rivertrail.com
Cave: http://crystalgrottoescaverns.com/

Events: http://historicharpersferry.com
and at Shepherd University:
http://www.shepherd.edu/university/calendars/

Favorite restaurants
http://www.bluemoonshepherdstown.com/
http://www.nuttersicecream.com/ ~in Sharpsburg

Garden tours end of April and May
http://shenandoah-potomacgardencouncil.org/
http://backalleygarden.org/

Craft shows June, July, Sept and Nov
http://jeffersoncountywvchamber.org/festival/info.html
http://studiotourwv.org/
http://trailsandtrees.org/

Skywatching+telescopes, April+October: http://tristateastronomers.org/
County fair August: http://jeffersoncountyfairwv.org/
Farm markets: http://listener.homestead.com/files/farm.htm
Summer farm tours and wineries: http://loudounfarms.org http://jeffersonfarms.org
Films on environment late October or early November:
http://conservationfilmfest.org/

I am about 2 hours drive from Washington. There are morning trains to DC+MD and evening trains from DC+MD on work days (Brunswick line)
http://mta.maryland.gov/marc-train
Midday trains all 7 days between Harpers Ferry and DC, PA, OH, Chicago http://Amtrak.com

• birds
• festivals
• education
• environment
• flowers
• traveling
• hiking
• teaching
• languages
• mathematics
• medicine
• rivers

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I taught Math, Physics and French in a public secondary school in Ghana in the 70s. Spent a summer in London working on my Master's thesis, a summer in Paris working in a mailroom, and a summer in Mexico City attending a French Lycee. I've revisited Mexico many times.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Barbados, Belgium, Benin, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Canada, Colombia, Croatia, Côte d'Ivoire, Denmark, Fiji, France, Germany, Ghana, Haiti, Iceland, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Mali, Martinique, Mexico, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, Niger, Nigeria, Panama, Peru, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Spain, Switzerland, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela, Virgin Islands, British, Virgin Islands, U.S.

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, Ghana, Mexico, United Kingdom, United States

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