CURRENT MISSION

To help others.

ABOUT ME

I'm a traveling, home-brewing, locavore. Believe in helping whomever (English major) I meet to maximize our potential. I was an RN @ the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. Lived in Japan in the 1970's & married Karmen from Iowa there. Travels: Japan, Okinawa, Guam,Trans Siberian RR, Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Thailand, Europe, Canada, Mexico, Carribean, Costa Rica, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Alaska, Hawaii, New Zealand, Fiji, Iceland, Middle East, North Africa,India,Uruguay,Argentina, Chile & Wake Island.

PHILOSOPHY

Helping others. It doesn't matter.........

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

My wife & I retired in 2013, sold everything & are full-time RV'ers....so unable to host, but may try to visit hosts during our travels.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Stayed with 2 wonderful hosts in Belgium in 2010.

Interests

Homebrewing (on hold), gardening (on hold), traveling, craft brewerys & pub visits, gourmet food eating & cooking.

• dining
• cooking
• pub crawls
• gardening
• traveling
• homebrewing

Music, Movies, and Books

Non fiction books. Love to watch The Daily Show with Jon Stewart!

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Watching my daughters being born & the Grand Canyon.

Teach, Learn, Share

Can teach all about homebrewing. Would like to learn about anything and everything.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Stories

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Canada, Chile, Costa Rica, Denmark, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guam, Iceland, India, Israel, Jamaica, Jordan, Lebanon, Mexico, Morocco, New Zealand, Norway, Palestine, Portugal, Russian Federation, Saint Lucia, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Virgin Islands, U.S.

Countries I’ve Lived In

Japan