I recently retired from teaching marine science in a public school in Fort Lauderdale FL. I plan on traveling to cooler areas in July and August and spending winters in FL. I love meeting new people and traveling to new places. This summer on my "2015 Beat the Heat Tour" I have driven from FL to Denver and will be heading toward Wyoming and across the top tier of the US. I also flew to Portland and spent 10 days with friends in Eugene OR and back to Denver.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

I am couchsurfing to meet new people and experience new places. And must confess that I cannot afford to spend extended periods in hotels. I will be camping and hopefully catching a couch or two along the way.

Interests

I am an avid scuba diver and fisherman down in FL. I also am a USCG Master Captain and have logged more than 50,000 miles at sea - primarily on sailboats.

Another interest is gardening -vegetable,herb and have many varieties of tropical fruit trees in my yard. And a follow up of having access to fresh veggies, fruits and seafood is that I love to cook. Of course the natural progression from there would be a good bottle of wine to complement the meal.

• seafood
• cooking
• wine
• gardening
• traveling
• camping
• scuba diving
• marine science
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

I have been somewhat stagnant in my music listening - a bit stuck in the 60's, but have been expanding my genres through Satellite and Pandora.

Movies, well that is a hard one to pin down. I have watched from A to Z at home being a subscriber to Netflix. I like some of each category. Some examples might be: action - Jason Bourne , western - Unforgiven. Do not watch Sci Fi and have more of a tendency toward nonfiction take offs.

Books - In my career as a teacher I mostly read research related to marine and atmospheric science. A couple of periodicals that I enjoy are Nat'l Geo, Scientific American, Organic Gardening and the daily newspaper. This coupled with the countless hours of grading papers did not leave much time for novels. Now that I am retired nonfiction novels are on my horizon. Presently reading "Cadillac Desert" about the history of water and water rights in the West.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Captained a sailboat for 20 years (summers only) to very remote areas of the Bahamas.

Did a two month jeep trip from Mexico all the way to Panama.

Teach, Learn, Share

Knowledge areas are marine and atmospheric science. Can help with gardening and cooking. Enjoy a good chat on current events as well.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Any of the above topics I am well versed.

Countries I’ve Visited

Bahamas, Barbados, Brazil, Canada, Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, England, France, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico, Spain, Virgin Islands, U.S., Zimbabwe

Countries I’ve Lived In

Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Spain