We are Suzanna and Dale. Couchsurfing has been such a positive experience for us… We are older than the typical Couchsurfing community, but we are adventurous travelers, young at heart, and enjoy being with people of all ages… We are liberal and accepting people.
We love hosting as much as we have enjoyed being hosted.
We have been very happily married for 37 years, and have four grown children.
I was raised by world travelers, and traveling has always been my passion. I grew up an Army brat, living mostly between California and Germany. Dale is from a small town in Illinois near Madison Wisconsin.
We are at a stage where we have no obligations, and it's our time again to travel the world!
We would love to show you our lovely little town of Poulsbo. We are usually here May through October.
You can be in downtown Seattle via bus and ferry in an hour. We have two guest rooms and one is almost always available. We would love to meet you and support you on your traveling adventure.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

We love meeting new people! It's the very best part of travel. We stay in hotels and airbnbs and rent campers when we travel, but we enjoy staying with friends so much more. We also really enjoy having friends stay with us. We do a lot of Airbnb so check out our profile there, you can also see us on Facebook, (search Poulsbo, Suzanna Maria and Glen Dale).

Interests

We both enjoy traveling and adventure, good company, hiking, , and movies. I love fiction audio books, and listen every day. Dale is more into non fiction and podcasts. He likes to work on old cars and our vintage camper. He's also into cycling and music . I enjoy cooking and arranging the flowers he grows in our garden. We created our lovely yard and garden during the pandemic after it was a wasteland for many years. We both love to dance, especially in the kitchen at our house! We love hanging on our deck and hot tub and we love a good party… We are 420 friendly, and weed is legal in our state… I enjoy drinking, though pretty moderately these days, Dale gave up alcohol years ago.

• dancing
• cooking
• yoga
• reading
• traveling
• music
• hiking
• camping
• swimming
• films
• friends
• backgammon
• scrabble
• bicycling
• embroidery
• organizing
• secondhand shopping
• sharing travel stories
• floral design
• canasta
• mending
• vintage rv
• pottering around the house
• having houseguests

Music, Movies, and Books

Blues
Rock
Country (good old fashioned country)
Jazz
Everything but rap, hip hop and very heavy metal !
Neil young, Willie Nelson, Joni Mitchell, John Prine, Bonnie Raitt, Led Zeppelin, Sierra Farrell, Townes Van Zandt, Gillian Welsh, Nanci Griffith, Steve Earle, Johnny Cash, Kurt Vile, Gram Parsons, and so much more… Oh, and all the old music of my parents generation dean Martin, frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Rosemary Clooney. That’s what we love to dance to..

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

How could there be only one thing? I am still best friends with the same two women for over 50 years, we haven’t lived in the same states for the last 30 years, but we are still sharing our lives and loving one another.
I went on a camel trek through the Sinai dessert with bedouins, slept under the stars around a campfire, and snorkeled in Sharm el Sheik. This was just 6 weeks before the Sinai went from Israel to Egypt again. I laid on the beach listening to things being blown up before the handover, and had no fear… At 18 years old, I told my frightened friend, “we are in paradise already, it’s a good day to die”.
I’ve been lost in Toledo Spain, again and again and didn’t care one bit.
(I highly recommend it)
Most importantly, I've loved well, and been well loved. I've helped people, including my 4 children, find out what I know for sure......what's really important in life? What really makes the whole world go around?
L O V E

Teach, Learn, Share

I can help you to redesign your home to look and function better using what you already have. (Professional organizing/home staging business for 15 years) I can arrange flowers and teach floral design. I'm a great cook, and can make a meal using just what you have on hand. I'm great at “rustling something up" to prepare a meal . (Russell is my maiden name, and it’s a family trait)
I love to feed people. Dale is a great teacher and can share skills on handyman work and car repair.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Cooking
Travel stories
Home redesign advice
Vacation rental advice

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Chile, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, England, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Guam, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Samoa, Scotland, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States, Vatican City State, Wales

Countries I’ve Lived In

Germany, Italy, Spain, United States