CURRENT MISSION I am presently living in Santa Cruz with my best friend in the whole world, my fiancee Shelley. She has finished her PhD in Plant Biology and I am currently traveling all over this grand land. I Love the spirit of travel and can’t wait to share!! ABOUT ME I grew up in good ol' St. Louie playing sports and continued this passion through college at Quincy University where i Played for 4 years. Following this I moved to Breckenridge, CO where i was a ski bum for a couple years while working as a lift operator. I then moved to Fort Collins for 4 years and truly fell in love with all things wilderness. Hiking, Cycling, rivers, fly fishing, and simply being around the natural world were all fostered in the great city of FoCo. This is the town where i also met the love of my life, Shelley. We then moved to Steamboat and beyond where we settled in Portland, OR for a year. Shelley was accepted to Grad school at UCSC(University of California Santa Cruz)and here we are!! PHILOSOPHY We are on this planet for one reason, to grow.