CURRENT MISSION

Make life a succession of memorable experiences!

ABOUT ME

Working at a Nature Interpretive Center at Oak Hammock Marsh and loving it.
We meet so many interesting people and have a chance to spend lots of time outdoors.
Also enjoy traveling, exploring new places and make new friends along the way.

PHILOSOPHY

I figure I should live my life to the fullest now instead of postponing things to the future.
It makes for a great exciting life!
I'm very much a happy-go-lucky type of person.
Not only is the glass half-full but that means there's room to add more.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Couchsurfing allows us to meet travelers and share our house to help them discover our little corner of the world. It is like staying with a friend that you just haven't met yet.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Hosted 99 couchsurfers and surfed on 52 couches.

Couchsurfers I have hosted:
Marlie - Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Thibault - Lausanne, Switzerland
Gabor - Hoyerswerda, Germany
Melodie - Kingston, Ontario
Dominik - Viersen, Germany
Marc and Natalie - Deming, New Mexico
Morgane and Marine - Saint-Malo, France
Tim and Karen - Ste.Genevieve, Manitoba
Gregg and Debbie - Florida,USA & Panama
Maja and Liu - Berlin, Germany
Elise and Casper - Amsterdam, Netherlands
Sylvain et Sarah - Grenoble, France
Mike et Marion - Montpellier, France
Guillaume - Annemasse, France
Lauretta and Alex - Brooklin, New York, USA
Jessica - Mildway, Ontario, Canada
Nicolas - Delle, France
Stéphanie - Lyon, France
David - San Antonio, Texas, USA
Sarah and Mark - Machynlleth, Wales, UK
Kirstin - Luebeck, Germany
Franzi - Wittingen, Germany
Clémence - Avignon, France
Robert - Montréal, Québec, Canada
Vanessa et Emilie - St-Hyacinthe, Québec, Canada
Sarah - Bordeaux, France
Marie-Hélène et Emanuel - Québec, Canada
Claudia - Trondheim, Norway
Madeline - Liège, Belgium
David - Bratislava, Slovakia
Flora et Yassine - Paris, France
Anne et Yvon - Lyon, France
Astrid - Rehmerloh, Germany
Sarah - Ottawa, Canada
David (Saffa) - Johanessburg, South Africa
Lea - Modesto , California
Gerard and Miriam - Olot, Spain
Ophélie, Albéric, Mael et Eline - Biel/Bienne, Switzerland
Volker and Tanja - Kohlberg, Germany
Jennifer - Winnipeg, Manitoba
James - Vancouver, Washington, USA
Teresa - Grand Rapids ,Michigan, USA
Julien - Ayent ,Valais, Switzerland
Anne - Berlin, Germany
Jacki and Ash - Santiago, Chile
Roxanne and Raphael - Montreal, Canada
Mailys et Cyrille - Bayonne, France
Flor - Lima, Peru
Madelyn and Charley - Northfield, Minnesota, USA
Sarah et Emily - Paris, France
Pierrette et Yvan, Québec, Canada
Simona and Laura - Germany
Cynthia - Lévis, Québec, Canada
Astrid and Gerhard, Austria
Blandine et Miguel, France
Mark and Emma, United Kingdom
Chelle, United Kingdom
Felix, Germany
Natacha and Quentin - France
Berengère and Samuel - France
Wiebke - Germany
Jean-Jacques - Ecuador
Bretta - USA
Camille and Benjamin - France
Florian et Caroline, St-Barthelemy d'Anjou, France
Paul - Kingsclear, New Brunswick, Canada

Couchsurfers who hosted me

Marlie - Banff, Alberta, Canada
Hannah - Portland, Maine, USA
John - Boston, Massachussets, USA
Tim and Annette - Buenos Aires, Argentina
Alejandra and Gonzalo - Montevideo, Uruguay
Alfonso - Buenos Aires, Argentina
Jill - Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, Canada
Fijona - Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Dean and Vicki - Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
Sonja - Springfield, Oregon, USA
Michelle - Seattle, Washington, USA
Eric - Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Ann - San José, Costa Rica
Tim and Karen - Ste.Genevieve, Manitoba
David - Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Elyse - Yuma, Arizona, USA
Becky - Tucson, Arizona, USA
Delissa - Tucson, Arizona, USA
Robyn - Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Tamee - Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Jessica - Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Shelby & Clyde - Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA
Nissa and Terence - Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Judi - Alexandria, Virginia, USA
Kim - Rouyn-Noranda, Québec, Canada
Julie and Pieter-Jan - Gent, Belgium
Andre and Iris - Cologne, Germany
Xenia and Armand - Hamburg, Germany
Thess and Sven - Malmö, Sweden
Sven and Melanie - Hamburg, Germany
Jenna - St.John's, Newfoundland, Canada
Charles and Beth - Littleton, Colorado, USA
Mark - Denver, Colorado, USA
Vanessa - Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA
Gina - Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Bridget - Brandon, Manitoba, Canada
Darroch - Rocky Harbour, Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada
Sheri - Oak Park, California, USA
Hélène - Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Igor - Zagreb, Croatia
Tomas - Prague, Czech Republic
Tomáš and Martina - Bratislava, Slovakia
János and Réka - Budapest, Hungary
Kasia - Wroclaw, Poland
Margarita - Quito, Ecuador
Lidia and Ricky - Panama City, Panama
Carina (aka Mimi) - Reykjavik, Iceland
Sarah and Mark - Abington (Oxford), UK
Rosemarie - Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Kate - Seoul, South Korea
Devin and Amanda - Beijing, China
Claudia - Trondheim, Norway

Always looking forward to host and meet new people.
Love traveling and usually prefer staying in B&B or hostels as opposed to hotels or resorts. It adds a more human touch to the experience.
I believe couchsurfing has taken this a step further by opening doors and allowing travelers to connect in what I think is the best way to discover a new region.

Interests

Enjoy hiking, cycling, tasting good food and sipping good wine or sampling local beers.
Also enjoy most things outdoors and nature oriented.

• wildlife
• dining
• wine
• beer
• flying
• traveling
• outdoor activities
• cycling
• hiking
• scuba diving
• swimming
• geology
• nature
• exploring new places
• geocaching
• nature walks
• birdwatching
• rockhounding

Music, Movies, and Books

Enjoy to see live bands, in intimate settings, regardless of the style of music.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Some of the amazing things I have done or seen :
- swimming with seals in the gulf of the St.Lawrence
- blackwater rafting in caves under glow worms in New Zealand
- unplanned birthday party at a rock concert in Latvia
- visiting the ruins of a former French colony prison in French Guyana
- watch a live rocket launch at night at the European Spaceport
- be at the Montevideo carnival in Uruguay
- boating under Iguazu falls in Argentina/Brazil
- watching tens of thousands of geese flying over my head at work during the fall migration
- driving a Tundra Buggy in Churchill, Manitoba, and seeing 17 polar bears in their natural environment
- canyoning/whitewater rafting/ziplining in Costa Rica
- hiking to one of the highest waterfall in the world (Gocta) in Peru
- swimming with hundreds of beluga whales in Churchill, Manitoba
- learning to fly an airplane
- riding a camel to our night camp in Morrocco
- swimming with sea turtles in Akumal, Mexico
- SCUBA diving in the Lofoten Islands in Norway
- sleeping under the stars in a feluca on the Nile in Egypt

Teach, Learn, Share

I can do a pretty good guided tour of the night sky as I often do public viewing at my workplace. The same with wildlife viewing.

Countries I’ve Visited

Andorra, Anguilla, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Chile, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Curaçao, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, England, Finland, France, French Guiana, Germany, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Martinique, Mexico, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin (French part), Scotland, Sint Maarten (Dutch part), Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turks and Caicos Islands, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay

Countries I’ve Lived In

Canada

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