CURRENT MISSION

Which one?

ABOUT ME

I currently spend the majority of my time studying plants as I pursue my graduate school career in organic chemistry. I live to travel, or maybe I travel to live

PHILOSOPHY

It's the people that call others weird that are weird

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

Hosting anyone I can

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I've slept on many couches in my day, and now am the proud owner of a number of couches and hammocks for whatever that is worth.

Interests

Music, Hiking, Backpacking, Cycling, Bouldering, Trees, Road Trips, Travel, Hot Springs, The Desert, Plants and all their infinite wisdom, cucumber salad, caterpillar photo shoots, wandering minstrels, tap water, peasant hats Reading, learning, meeting interesting people, and just generally experiencing the world

• reading
• traveling
• bouldering
• music
• cycling
• hiking
• backpacking
• rock climbing
• chemistry
• road trips
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Wookiefoot, The Doors, The Shins, Fleet Foxes, The Lumineers, ALT-J, MGMT, The Black Keys, Modest Mouse, The Beatles, The Devil Makes Three, Mumford and Sons, Jack White, The White Stripes, The Who, Styx, Beats Antique, The White Oranges, Third Eye Blind, Lotus, String Cheese Incident, Vampire Weekend, Cake, The Kooks, The Decemberists, Fleet Foxes, Ghostland Observatory, Rusted Root

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

When I moved across the country from Bay City, MI to Reno, NV my eyes were truly opened to the grand majesty of this country. Never before had I experienced mountains, Desert and beyond a brief encounter, the ocean. As soon as financially feasible I loaded up my newly acquired subaru and set off to explore the west. In 8 days I travelled 2100 miles by car, ~50 miles by foot and visited Death Valley, Mojave National Preserve, Joshua Tree Natl. Park, Lake Havasu, Oatman AZ, The Grand Canyon, Zion Natl. Park and the Hoover dam. It was a non stop tour of amazement and freedom, which taught me of all the wonders in this wide open end of the country.

Teach, Learn, Share

Everyone has something you can learn if you only take the time to listen.

Countries I’ve Visited

Bahamas, Brazil, Costa Rica, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States