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Overview

  • 1 reference 1 Confirmed & Positive
  • Fluent in English; learning Spanish
  • 45, Female
  • Member since 2014
  • surgical assisstant
  • BA biology University of Northern Colorado
  • From Rapid City, SD, USA
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About Me

I'm a 41yr old American who decided to experience the world and all it has to offer. I quit my job, sold my house, car, and pretty much everything I owned and bought a backpack in 2014. I now spend 6 months in the US working and 6 months abroad. I'm laidback but responsible, mature, and respectful. I like to enjoy life and meet new people. So far my journey has been great. I've met some characters but also some really amazing people too, either way it all adds to the experience!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I do help exchange and trusted house sitters to support my journeys but sometimes and also just need a couch to surf sometimes. Always love other options to keep traveling, keep experiencing life & people, and hopefully learn a few new things along the way.

Interests

I love the beach, pool, lakes, water of any sort. I like to read, but that goes in stages where sometimes I will read a lot and other times I wont pick up a book for awhile. Travel, obviously, has caught my interest. I also grew up on a ranch with all types of animals, worked at a veterinarians office, was a seal & sea lion trainer, and also did falconry for awhile. So its fair to say I absolutely love animals and being around them!

  • animals
  • books
  • cooking
  • recipes
  • traveling
  • billiards
  • backpacking
  • biology
  • chemistry
  • history
  • beaches
  • lakes

Music, Movies, and Books

I like almost all types of music with the exception of country music. My favorite genres are classic rock n roll, rock/pop, dance, and punk. Top 3 movies: The Goonies, Boondocks Saints, V for Vendetta, but overall action & comedies. Favorite reads Atlas Shrugged, Shadow of the Wind, Gone Girl, and anything suspenseful and dark that keeps me guessing.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Well probably help reconstruct someone's jaw, but that didn't really seem that amazing to me because it was part of my job. So I would probably have to say what took the most guts and has been the most amazing was giving up everything I'd worked so hard for for to start traveling the world.

Teach, Learn, Share

Well being a bit older than your typical backpacker I have quite the varied and storied past and work history. I have lots of animal experience; I've worked at an aquarium as a diver and seal and sea lion trainer, worked with birds of prey and parrots at a zoo, grew up on a ranch with just about every farm animal imaginable, and have always just had a deep love of all animals. I have a degree in biology and chemistry, and worked in the medical field as a surgical assistant for 8 years. I currently am a bar and restaurant manager where we specialize in tacos and tequila. I'm up for sharing any knowledge I might have as well as funny stories from growing up on a ranch comparable to old MacDonald's farm. I would like to learn/speak Spanish more fluently.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Well I can definitely share some stories as I have had quite a wild ride on my journey so far. I also really like to cook but don't follow recipes, sometimes I make masterpieces other times not so much. Doing help exchange has really made me want to help out wherever I stay with whatever project you may need help with. I am also an amazing organizer, I can organize anything, its like adult Tetris.

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Cambodia, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Fiji, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Thailand, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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