ABOUT ME

WE ARE NOT LOCATED ANYWHERE NEAR NEW YORK CITY! WE ARE ABOUT A FOUR HOUR DRIVE NORTH OF NEW YORK CITY. Married to April darling, retired NYS Chief of Data Processing Technical Services/Manager, two daughters, social liberal, Green Party, travel, Fender Jazz bass, Lakland bass & Ampeg/Avatar, and Fender bass amps, herpetology, agnostic, mmmmmmm beer, music, BMW's, friends, had family in St. Croix in the US Virgin Islands for many years and love it there, shadetree auto mechanic, driver and mechanic on the Dutch Oven Racing team (see Facebook), Osa Peninsula in Costa Rica, Coffee Cat the cat. April loves dogs.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

If you are driving through the area, and are having car problems, I may be able to help you repair it.

Hello,
We have not really participated in Couchsurfing, but I am discussing with my wife the possibility of allowing hikers to stage at the Northville end as a demarcation or end point of the Northville-Lake Placid hike. We would possibly have a place to pitch your tent, have a campfire (we have wood), and maybe a shower, conversation, WIFI, and a beer. Contact me, and we can see if this may work for the both of us. We have a very busy season at the lake house this year doing repairs and maintenance, so it may depending upon timing. Dogs are welcome! Foxes, raccoons, and fishers too.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

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Interests

Herpetology - past two-time statewide president of the Upstate Herpetological Association of New York.

Bass guitar player for fifteen years.

High speed driving. 40 HPDE schools at race tracks such as Watkins Glen, Loudon, Putnam Park, Lime Rock, Road Atlanta, and Sebring. Have had a 1965 Corvette, an '88 BMW 325is, a '97 BMW M3, and I now have a 2014 Ford Fiesta ST.

Runner for many years, but now more of a walker. I used to work out at a gym. Weight circuit and elliptic. Now I do planks, push-ups, yoga, and walk at home or wherever.

• cats
• dogs
• beer
• exercise
• yoga
• working out
• traveling
• auto racing
• music
• travel
• national parks
• bass guitar
• campfires
• formula 1
• green energy

Music, Movies, and Books

MUSIC - Little Feat, Spirit, The Beatles, Band of Skulls, Bonnie Raitt, Kelly Clarkson (what a voice), The Kinks, Dido, Jefferson Airplane, Sam and Dave, Bob Marley and the Wailers, Nilsson, George Jones, James Cotton, Linda Ronstadt, Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová, Jimi Hendrix, The Animals, Traffic/Spencer Davis Group, Santana, Police, and Three Dog Night to list a few. I highly recommend Spirit if you have never heard of them before. Every musician I have ever met who has heard them, loves them.

MOVIES - The Station Agent, Dumb and Dumber, William Powell and Myrna Loy movies

BOOKS - The Fourth Part of the World by Toby Lester, Richard Stark aka Donald Westlake novels, Tim Dorsey and his Serge Storms and Coleman novels.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Haven't done much of anything "amazing". I recently donated my body to a medical college though. When I die, I'm going for a ride to school, and then spend one to two years being disassembled by the kids. Lastly, I will be cremated and scattered to the winds.

Countries I’ve Visited

Canada, Costa Rica, Ireland, Mexico, Scotland, Virgin Islands, U.S.

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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