CURRENT MISSION

To give back to Couchsurfing as much hospitality as we received during our travels.

ABOUT ME

I travel a lot for work, and I always try to get to know the *real* place I'm visiting by meeting the actual people who live there. Couchsurfing enables that connection. I love to learn new things and meet new people.

PHILOSOPHY

You get 80 years on this rock (if you're lucky); make 'em count.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I've been surfer, then host, now surfer again. CS is a great community.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

My son and I couchsurfed through all 50 states from 9/2009 to 5/2010. Back in my youth, I hitchhiked around New England and Europe, relying on friends, generous strangers, empty barns, and youth hostels for places to sleep. For the past seven years we're been CS hosts.

Interests

travel as education, home improvement, reading, writing.

• writing
• education
• instructor
• technology
• news
• reading
• traveling
• skateboarding
• teaching

Music, Movies, and Books

Books:
Good Night Gorilla, Cars and Trucks and Things That Go, (anything by Cormac McCarthy, Michael Chabon, Frank Miller)

Podcasts:
Science Friday, How I Built This, Light Speed

Movies:
The Incredibles, Gattaca, Little Miss Sunshine

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Yellowstone National Park.

Teach, Learn, Share

Discussions about education in America, owner-builder homes (I've built three).

What I Can Share with Hosts

Stories.

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