Posted May 02, 2018in Couch Surfing
The traveling artist Meet Melinda Hoffman, an artist from San Diego, California, who travels the world selling her art at shows. She has developed a network of folks who she has met through social media that allows her to live like a local in every city she tours. She came
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Posted April 04, 2018in Couch Surfing
20 years is nothing Meet Roger Barrett from Grand Forks, North Dakota. I met Roger on my way back from Minneapolis where I was working a gig for CNN. Most people who know me are very much aware that I do not have a car (by choice; I am a
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Posted February 28, 2018in Couch Surfing
I thought for years that couch surfing was a young person’s game, until I met old Barry from Colorado. He is 72 years old and is traveling to Toronto in his 1983 Cadillac El Dorado that gets 8 mpg. This is probably one of the most expensive trips I can think of in my four
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Posted January 31, 2018in Couch Surfing
A “digital nomad” and his pug Meet Wayne from North Carolina. A 28-year-old bachelor who calls himself a “digital nomad.” He has traveled northwest on a skiing adventure with his dog, Mindie. This is the first guest I have had who has brought an animal with. Animals are normally a
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Posted January 03, 2018in Couch Surfing
Hailing from Denver, Colorado, comes Kevin Gentilcore. He crashed into Des Moines on his way back from New York to see some friends. Kevin is a graphic designer who also runs an independent comic book publishing business called Creephouse Comics with co-conspirator William Tooker. As a thank you, he placed
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Posted December 06, 2017in Couch Surfing
From Golden, Colorado, by way of the great Nebraska I-80/I-70 wasteland comes Aaron Long. Aaron only meant to stay for two nights on Nov. 20, but I enjoyed his company so much that I invited him to stay for Thanksgiving since his destination was only “east.” I don’t ask many
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Posted November 01, 2017in Couch Surfing
The simple life with Dave Pruitt Dave Pruitt is a traveling production manager for reality TV. We actually never met until he reached out about needing a place to crash. He lives in his 1966 Chevy Sportsvan and travels to where the work takes him. He is on his way
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Posted October 04, 2017in Couch Surfing
Meet Ian: a 34-year-old painter from Marfa, Texas. For those who have never seen the Amazon Prime show, “I Love Dick” (starring Kevin Bacon), Marfa is a small artist colony in the middle of the desert of west Texas. Ian has been traveling for three months by heading north in
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Posted September 06, 2017in Couch Surfing
Meet Ellen, a freelance photo journalist from New York who is traveling across the country making photo essays on spec for several publications around the world. She came to Des Moines from Denver, along what seems to be the never-ending trek through Nebraska. She has been traveling for four months
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Posted August 02, 2017in Couch Surfing
In the year 2017, you wouldn’t think that two people would need to hide their relationship from each other’s families. I can’t even think of a time where someone told me that their religion was stopping them from being with someone, outside of it being a plot point of a
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