CURRENT MISSION

To meet people from all over the world.

ABOUT ME

I have lived in many places around the USA, including Iowa, Minnesota, Florida, Washington state, North Dakota, Idaho, Colorado, Arizona. I lived in Spain for 4 months out of the six as I traveled Europe. People have taken me into their homes more times than I can count. I have met wonderful people over the years. I love to travel. I will go anywhere at anytime and most if not all the time I travel solo. I love to just pick up and go with not a plan in the mix. I think that you meet more people traveling solo because it makes you have to start up a conversation. If you knew me you would not find starting up a conversation very shocking. :) I love life and try to keep positive as much as I can. Most of the time it works but not everyone is perfectly happy all of the time.

PHILOSOPHY

It takes both rain and sunshine to make a rainbow.

You can make change from a dollar, but you have to be willing to break that dollar to make the change.

Traveling is like a book, those whom have never traveled read only the first page.

Disclosure: I have an extremely hard time with perfumes, especially lady's perfume. I please ask that there is no perfume worn at my house or under the night sky you go!! :) I also believe in "leave it better than when you arrived". Same as camping! We are all in this together!

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

I stayed with a Nigerian family in Italy. I stayed with a Brazilian family in Brazil. Most of the time I have stayed in hostels. I like the more personal interaction staying in hostels rather than a hotel. I want to couch surf more however I have only couch surfed a few times one was in Seoul, South Korea and it was amazing. I have hosted many couch surfers and am eager to host for as many as I have requests! Bring it on!

Interests

I love to play sports. Going out for a run sounds to me like running into a field bomb
. I would rather get the adrenaline rush of skiing, skydiving, hiking, rollerblading, and the list could go on and on...just don't ask to go for a run! I love to go to hot spring hopping and I am surrounded by them in the mountains. I love working with my hands. I love to build stuff and you will see that a corner of my living room sometimes becomes my wood shop in the winter.

• shopping
• traveling
• socializing
• hiking
• backpacking
• skydiving
• skiing
• sports
• mountains

Music, Movies, and Books

Country baby!! I admit it I am a little bit of a country bumpkin....but I do love all kinds of music! Ok, fine, I will admit that Mozart classical styles and heavy rap I will run from.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Foz du Iguacu, natural hot spring hopping, travel travel travel.....from north to south vietnam!! 6 months backpacking Europe, one month in Brazil, Scotland and Ireland!

Teach, Learn, Share

I love to learn. I learn by doing. You can show me all you want but unless I do it myself I never learn. Everyone learns differently and what you learned from the same thing I watched/did/experienced and what I learned may be two completely different things. This is why I believe in talking about all different areas of life and keeping an open mind. Closing a mind with one set idea makes learning extremely difficult!

What I Can Share with Hosts

Anything you are willing to learn!!!

Countries I’ve Visited

Argentina, Austria, Bahamas, Brazil, Canada, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Morocco, Netherlands, Slovakia, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Vatican City State, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

Spain, United States