CURRENT MISSION

community

ABOUT ME

jeremy and I have just arrived from Juneau, Alaska, we lived there for around 10 years, but i wanted to come back to my hometown. many adventures were had there, and as a result we have a different view of "the lower 48" than people who have never left the lower 48. we have built a garden and bought a lovely house in north portland. we would like to meet world travelers as they tend to be interesting sorts that are usually fun to be around. we would like to make new friends.

PHILOSOPHY

i believe in beauty and nature....adventure leading to enlightenment.....i try to live life with nature as opposed to it, we strive to break from the grid

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

we are starting to volunteer in the community, we would like to do more, but the garden has taken us lots of time. we have a guest bedroom that is open to travellers or surfers.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

haven't had a couchsurfing experience but am willing to try. i have had many sponatneous experiences while traveling and as a result those experiences tend to be the lasting ones.

Interests

interested in kayaking, hiking, painting, acting, music, skiing, biking, travel, making good food from our garden, new fun friends who like adventure and are smart and question things

• arts
• architecture
• design
• acting
• beauty
• dining
• gardening
• traveling
• painting
• drawing
• survival
• music
• outdoor activities
• cycling
• hiking
• kayaking
• camping
• skiing
• volunteering
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

loved pan's labyrinth, any almodovar film, grindhouse, central station, hedwig, y tu mama tambien (mexican filmmakers in particular)...tarentino...mew, clap your hands, built to spill, cafe tacuba, bebel gilberto, belle and sebastian, belanova, marvin gaye....chabon, flannery o'connor, gabriel garcia marquez-100 years of solitude and others...nature books

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

being dropped off in the chitistone mountains in alaska's wrangell mountain wilderness area and hiking and camping there for 8 days, meeting up with a grizzly family up there (wheww that was close), and being snowed in in the middle of summer there. there are many others but this comes to mind.

Teach, Learn, Share

landscape design/gardening, architecture, outdoor skills (sea navigation, survival, backcountry skiing, long treks) art, painting, drawing, music would love to share knowledge