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Overview

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  • Fluent in English; learning Spanish
  • 59, Male
  • Member since 2010
  • Refrigeration, Air Conditioning, Heating, Solar Energy
  • Universal Technical Institute
  • From Pasadena California, United States
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About Me

CURRENT MISSION

Travel and meet new friends.

ABOUT ME

I am open minded, honest, responsible, caring, Intelligent, optimistic, self reliant, understanding, flexible, organized, patient, dependable, funny and genuine.

PHILOSOPHY

Working, playing and enjoying life every day! Your thoughts and your feelings create your life. It will always be that way. Guaranteed!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Going to take 3-4 months off work and travel starting the first week in September. Ending my lease, putting my belongings in storage and hitting the road. Initial plans is to drive across the country to the east coast and back, Europe and Kailua-Kona Hawaii.

Still working out the details and may only do one of those to all three depending on time needed to drive and how many cities I will be going to in the states.

These are the cities I am going to on my way to Charlotte NC. I am going to get a short term apt or room for rent.I want to have a home base on the central east coast to travel from. I will be updating the cities with dates as I know them and any changes I will post them here.

1) Las Vegas, Nevada 9/2/10 to 9/5/10

2) Flagstaff/Sedona, Arizona 9/5/10 to 9/7/10

3) Santa Fe, New Mexico 9/7/10 to 9/9/10

4) Amarillo, Texas 9/9/10 to ?

5) Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

6) Little Rock, Arkansas

7) Memphis, Tennessee

8) Nashville, Tennessee

9)Charlotte, North Carolina

While I am in Charlotte I want to go New York, Washington DC and other cities like Myrtle Beach South Carolina. Maybe down to Miami. Want to keep it open and may fly to Europe from Charlotte too.

On my way back I am taking a different route:

10) Atlanta, Georgia

11)Auburn/Montgomery, Alabama

12) New Orleans, Louisianna

13) Houston, Texas

14) San Antonio, Texas

15) Austin, Texas

16) Dallas, Texas

17) Las Cruces, New Mexico

18) Tucson, Arizona

19) Phoenix, Arizona

20 Los Angeles, Home :)

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

New to site... so none right now. I will update later.

Interests

Music, art and film. All sports and outdoor activities such as football, soccer, basketball, baseball, beaches, hiking, camping, fishing, boating, skiing, golfing and disc golfing.

  • arts
  • working out
  • flying
  • boating
  • traveling
  • billiards
  • music
  • guitar
  • outdoor activities
  • fishing
  • hiking
  • camping
  • skiing
  • sports
  • baseball
  • basketball
  • soccer
  • languages
  • beaches

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies it would be LOTR, Tombstone, Braveheart, Open Range, Conan, Matrix, Austin Powers, Joe Dirt, Harold & Kumar, Terminators, Office Space, Avatar, Zoolander, Star Trek, Electra, anything with Milla Jovovich.

Right now I have been getting into female fronted goth/symphonic/metal and rock bands from Europe like Within Temptation, Epica, Nightwish, Leaves Eye's and Tristania. Loreena McKennitt is one of my all time favorites.

Recent books I have read: Secrets of the Millionaire Mind, The Answer, Real Estate Investing and The Secret.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Saved a small child that fell into a pool.

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach Basic English and Beginning Guitar.

I can share my knowledge of Refrigeration, Air Conditioning, Heating, Solar Energy and look at your system for you :)

Looking to learn new Languages and Cultures.

Countries I’ve Visited

Jamaica, Mexico, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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