CURRENT MISSION

To visit all the National Parks

ABOUT ME

My family can't quite figure out which cabbage patch I was found in as most of them still live within a 60 mile radius of my grandparents homeplace. I've had itchy feet since I was a child and could climb out of the back fence and head out to the neighbor's pasture to visit Dolly, their sway-backed plow horse. Through 58 years I've had some amazing travel opportunities and travel whenever I get the chance. In my home time, I live along the still-beautiful Gulf Coast, mostly in Florida. Love to meet new people and experience new things.

PHILOSOPHY

Happiness is a Choice
Share
My family and friends are my most precious gifts
Be Nice or Leave
If you can't say something nice, shut up

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I joined the CS Project last year, then ended up traveling through other venues. Can't wait to see how it all works.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

Just experienced my first overnight couchsurfing experience, ironically with a friend that I met on a ferry in the Caribbean several years ago.

Interests

Anything on, around, or in the water. Traveling. Meeting new people, tasting new food, seeing new things. Reading. Hiking. Kayaking. Bicycling.

• dogs
• dining
• cooking
• reading
• traveling
• knitting
• hiking
• kayaking
• parks

Music, Movies, and Books

I loved Avatar, saw it twice. Slumdog Millionaire. The Departing. It's Complicated. Chocolat. The latest version of Alice in Wonderland.
Will read anything, even cereal boxes. Currently into Greg Iles. Always into J.D. Robb. Recently worked through George R.R. Martin's Game of Thrones series.
Like all kinds of music. Have you tried Pandora Radio?

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Just one? I'm limited to just one?

Teach, Learn, Share

Southern cooking. Computer stuff. How to knit. How to teach big dogs good manners. How to be happy. Financial planning. Living and traveling on a budget.

New things.

If you don't have enough fried chicken, make rice and gravy.

Countries I’ve Visited

Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Canada, Cayman Islands, France, Guadeloupe, Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Martinique, Mexico, Montserrat, Netherlands, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, United Kingdom, Virgin Islands, British, Virgin Islands, U.S.

Countries I’ve Lived In

United States

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