I'm always looking forward to my next traveling adventure. I grew up learning everything I could about computers. I'm also a gearhead with a passion for unique and quirky old cars, and Italian motorcycles.

I've road-tripped Route 66 in a 1962 Rambler American station wagon, motorcycle toured from Chicago, IL to Sturgis, SD, hiked 600+ miles on the Appalachian Trail including 70.5 miles through The Great Smoky Mountains, bicycled the Virginia Creeper Trail, and canoed 150+ miles on the Shenandoah River.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I'm Couchsurfing to meet new people, learn new things, have new experiences, and get more enjoyment out of traveling.

"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime." - Mark Twain

Interests

• cats
• motorcycles
• technology
• video games
• cars
• hiking
• backpacking
• camping
• rock climbing
• road trips
• stargazing
• biking
• museums
• space
• linux
• classic cars
• information technology

Music, Movies, and Books

Books -
American Gods, Howl, Ender's Game, Optic Nerve, Calvin and Hobbes, Slaughterhouse-Five, The Catcher in the Rye, The Grapes of Wrath

TV Shows -
Mr. Robot, Start Trek, Stranger Things, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, Silicon Valley, Rick and Morty, Halt and Catch Fire

Movies -
The Room, Troll 2, Casablanca, WarGames, Gremlins, The Wizard of Oz, On the Waterfront, The Goonies

Games -
Settlers of Catan, Munchkin, DOOM, Quake

Music -
Minor Threat, The Pixies, Smashing Pumpkins, Taylor Swift, radiant devices, Tegan and Sara, The Wallflowers, Gaslight Anthem, Johnny Cash, Rush, Sleigh Bells, Operation Ivy, Dead Kennedys, Tom Petty, Against Me!, Texas is the Reason, Everclear

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Drove a 1962 Rambler American station wagon from Oceanside, CA to Chicago, IL along Route 66. It was a tour of American auto parts store parking lots as it ran into issues in almost every state along the way.

Teach, Learn, Share

I have a lot of knowledge about the history of computers, the Internet, Unix, hacking, and phone phreaking, and historic 'Independent' American auto makers to share.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can help with computers and provide first hand knowledge on many methods of travel as well as camping and backpacking gear.

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States