Hi! I'm Sierra.

I am a college student currently taking a year off to travel; my destinations include: New Zealand, Australia, Indonesia, and Europe. I have been working a variety of jobs for the majority of my travels so far and it has been the best part of my experience!

I love cooking, live music, and animals; I enjoy spending as much time as possible outside (hiking, swimming, at the beach, etc.). I love to read & write and am studying history and political science as my college major.

(If you want to read more about my travels, you can visit my blog at macdonaldandco.tumblr.com.)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

To meet people who actually live in the areas I'm traveling to and can give me an idea of what a place is like to a local; to share travel stories and hopefully make new friends!

Interests

Hiking, cooking, riding horses, reading books & watching movies, writing, history, swimming in alpine lakes, drinking tea

• dogs
• writing
• dining
• breakfast
• fast food
• reading
• traveling
• socializing
• blogging
• music
• live music
• backpacking
• teaching
• history
• political science
• science

Music, Movies, and Books

Music:

Folk rock, classic rock, blues

Movies:

Old Westerns, anything with a fight scene set to classical music, historically accurate period dramas, superheroes, Shakespeare film adaptations, anything post-apocalyptic, Wes Anderson

Authors/Books:

Selden Edwards, Leif Enger, Edward Abbey, Neil Gaiman, Cormac McCarthy, The Once and Future King by T.H. White, The Raven Cycle by Maggie Steifvater, The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski, any story featuring dragons, any story featuring road trips

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

This turned into several things, but: drove from California to Texas & survived multiple summer thunderstorms along the way; worked as a guide at a horse trekking business in New Zealand for two months; climbed to the top of a 1,500 foot waterfall in Lake Tahoe.

Teach, Learn, Share

I have plenty of travel stories and would be more than happy to cook a shared meal or two!

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand

Countries I’ve Lived In

New Zealand, United States