CURRENT MISSION

To Travel, Live, Learn & Share

ABOUT ME

Geesh, where to begin? Well, Rose and I met in Antarctica over a Scrabble Game and it has been a wonderful life ever since. Been together now - whoa! - 12 years and live in Washington in our recently built house (2011) surrounded by cedars, mountains and, yeah, rain (sometimes). Roselie is a massage practitioner and avid gardener. Tom manages the estate and dabbles in rare books. We are both active in outdoor pursuits, especially hiking, backpacking, and cycling and skiing. News flash! The guest room has just been completed! That is the accommodation awaiting you. So, if you like quiet, remoteness, hiking, small town hospitality and good cooking maybe you'd like to spend a night "couchsurfing" with us.

In August 2011 we purchased our own property! It is 7 acres and well treed, along a river. Since then we have created a little paradise using natural building techniques, fruit trees, large garden, a library w/1000 books, art in the woods, and (soon) a cob oven. These things alone should entice you to visit and contribute to our ongoing philosophy.'

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I participate by realizing that the best traveling in the world is done free of tour companies and that randomness and kindness are essential to the spirit of the wayfarer.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Montreal, Quebec for a Film Festival. Excellent!
Delhi, India - twice! with the same folks.
Udaipur, India - an excellent birding adventure!
Winthrop, Wa for x-country skiing. Excellent!
Hood River, Wa intentional community! Gorgeous!
Portland, Or - Fantastic!
Victoria, B.C. - Great!
Duluth, Mn. for Tom's 50th birthday canoe extravaganza - awesome!
Walla Walla, Wa - wine tasting & bicycling

Interests

Massage, cooking, books, traveling, figuring out what's important in life, garage sales, bicycling, skate skiing. Also, understanding our place in the universe and how we wish to define our legacy. Participating in local volunteer projects such as the renovation of a nearby fire tower.

• arts
• books
• festivals
• cooking
• recipes
• news
• traveling
• garage sales
• outdoor activities
• cycling
• hiking
• backpacking
• canoeing
• skiing
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Independent films primarily. Been exploring Bollywood recently.
World music, alternative, folk, classical.
So many books! Some favorite authors include (in no particular order): Robert Frost, Steinbeck, Stephen Crane, Thoreau, Dostoevsky, J. Joyce, Fowles, Orwell, Salinger, Tolkien, DH Lawrence, Edward Gorey.
Books we've recently read: The Poldark Series, A Handmade Life by Bill Coperthwaite, Darjeeling by Jeff Koehler, Myths of the Hindus & Buddhists by Coomaraswamy, Fourth Phase of Water by Gerald Pollack, The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde, Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh, Essays by Stephen J. Gould (and dozens of others from fantasy to philosophy!) We are all over the place!
Magazines I receive: Archaeology, Earth, Backpacker and Smithsonian
Besides that I love a good Sunday Crossword (NY Times)

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Worked in Antarctica installing a neutrino detector (Tom). Life is full of amazing things - one just has to notice them (Roselie).

Teach, Learn, Share

Since it is impossible for any one person to know everything we believe that it is through Couchsurfing that we will fill in the gaps of knowledge and experience. When you stay with us we will share with you what we know and strive to give you the "insider's" tour of attractions as well as our philiosophy.

What I Can Share with Hosts

We can be your local hosts for this region of Washington. Besides that we hope to share with travelers the unpredictable and often wonderful events/thoughts that have brought us this far. We like cooking with whole foods as well and hope to share some of our recipes straight from the table.
Just one note: We have not hosted much because we are located in the middle of nowhere. 1.5 hours north of Seattle at the base of a mountain chain. Not many people come this way. We get maybe one request every year. We hope for more guests. Perhaps you will be next to visit?

Countries I’ve Visited

Antarctica, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Guatemala, India, Italy, Mexico, Nepal, New Zealand, Peru, Poland, United Kingdom

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States