60 year old male living a lifelong dream of busking across (around) the US with my 12 pound dog, seeing sights I've never seen, visiting old friends, making new friends, and making my way as an itinerant musician.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

There is much in the US I have never seen; things like the Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, Yosemite, Key West, the Desert, and on and on.

While I'm still young enough and healthy enough, I am traveling for as long as my earning capacity as a busker will allow. There is no extra money, no Plan B. If it ain't working or I'm not having fun, back to Indiana I go.

Interests

Music, cooking, eating, meeting new people, having new experiences.

• dogs
• cooking
• traveling
• music
• guitar
• business

Music, Movies, and Books

Music -- anything with roots; blues, traditional country, Americana, roots rock, world music, jazz, some classical.

Movies -- I'm not a big movie goer; On Golden Pond, Fargo, Pulp Fiction, The Wizard of OZ, Casablanca...

Books -- Bill Graham's autobiography, most Kurt Vonnegut, Sherlock Holmes Mysteries (Conan Doyle only), Travels With Charlie, Grapes of Wrath...

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Backpacked across Western Europe alone for six weeks the summer after I graduated from college.

Teach, Learn, Share

Music, guitar, stringed instrument repair, songs, cooking.

I am very good at repairing all manner of things and am also a competent carpenter. I have built two small buildings in my life, both were used to house my stringed instrument repair business.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Music, guitar, stringed instrument repair, songs, cooking,

Countries I’ve Visited

Austria, Barbados, Belgium, Canada, England, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Jamaica, Scotland, Switzerland

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States