Very adventurous and creative. Life of exploring, hiking, mountaineering or climbing, backcountry telemark skiing, kayaking, swimming, sailing, bicycling (perhaps 120,000 miles on bikes I built), motorcycling...endless list, mostly OUTDOORS. I've managed my life so I play more than I work- have rarely worked more than 6 months in a year- for so long I can't remember anything else. Pacific Northwest native; own a mountain home deep in the Cascades 20 miles from Canada. The PNW definitely shapes lives in a distinct way (grey & rain makes me happy!!;(). Have built almost everything I own...house, boats, specialized vehicles.... Never have had TV, bank loan, credit card, tie, shiny shoes, "normal" job. Love long conversation; interesting, intellectual, fun, learner, teacher, study-er, peaceful, gentle, kind, compassionate, communicative, direct, capable of nearly anything. True gentleman, scholar and scientist at heart- with a very fun, goofball streak. The right lass will discover a very affectionate, warm, sensual guy, always sexy, teasing, playful, honest, communicative and light-hearted.

I sailed from San Diego in mid March, first south along Mexico's Baja Pacific coast, then north into the amazing Sea of Cortez, spending April and May kicking around warm turquoise waters. June finds me leaving the boat in Mexico for the hottest part of summer. I'm planning an extended stay in San Francisco, working around boats, adventures inland, then up to Washington for summer high country backpacking and moto exploring. Will be returning to Mexico around October and am expecting to sail in the Sea of Cortez some more before heading south for Panama. Plans do change frequently with a lifestyle like this, no telling what will actually happen.

It seems crazy not to have some company for all this fun!! How about you? Wanna come along?

Adventure anywhere. Great stuff, no panics, no accidents, just exploring every aspect of this fascinating world.

Finding nature and isolation even in busy cities.

building anything: welding/metalwork, woodwork, sewing.... computers/internet, technology.

Organization, neatness, thoughtful planning.

What to call it..."intentional frugality?" No need to be rich to do this; I'm great at making precious freedom chips go to the best purposes!

You'd better ask them, not me!! I'm apparently easy to approach. Big strong dude, boyish looks, am told the eyes are an electric blue. Quiet & peaceful and intellectual, only very rarely the loud party type.

Love to read, get involved in 4 books at once, currently mid way through a history of Australia. Enjoy wide variety of entertainment, plays, theater, shows, not much of a movie watcher. Perhaps we'll get a chance to talk about what we like doing!

In no particular order:

1) Peace or tranquility. Very glad to be living an excellent life, plenty of happiness, money, fun to go round, no drama
2) Nature. The natural world and all it's wonders.
3) Freedom: the freedom to travel, to think, to do as one pleases every day (freedom from drudgery, from slavish work)
4) Robust good health; strong body and mind; hard exercise or work.
5) Terrific friends and associates all over the world
6) Fun toys: sailing yacht, interesting vehicles...telemark skis, good hiking gear; snorkel, mask, wetsuit; time/money enough to play with them a lot!!

Listen, I fire off ideas like a run-away coffee percolator- or that popcorn popper somebody forgot to put a lid on.

I think about the next invention, the next adventure, the next unknown experience.

I think about the lover I wish for and all the fun things we could do together

I think about the world resource picture from micro to macro, and what part I might be able to play

Alright, here's tonight, Friday Feb 1.

I'm at anchor in the midst of the city of San Diego as darkness falls. Around 8, I decide to go ashore, and slide open the hatch. The water surface is like rippled glass, hardly a breath of air moving. For reasons mankind cannot explain, a very large flock of mixed Western, Eared, and Pied-billed Grebes has decided it's OK to go to sleep all around the boat. The shimmer of city light reflections silhouettes their graceful floating bird-shapes. Somehow, I climb down into the rowing dinghy without disturbing them, and, rowing without a sound, find a path between hundreds of birds. If that weren't amazing enough, they are still there when I return half an hour later- and I again am permitted to row (very gingerly) right through their numbers- they allowing space for me to pass.

It's just the magic of life on the water. Wish you had been here too.

Oh, ask me in person...the entire internet world doesn't need to know!

I'm pretty open about this ad- interested in friends for doing fun things with. If the spark hits that's great too.

Deal breakers: if you have kids, a relationship with me is unlikely to work out- I'm just too free. Smokers and druggies are out, as are heavy partiers. If, in truth, you prefer fancy hotels, we're not it.

The right lass is ultra casual, outdoor oriented, quite athletic/ energetic, happy, outgoing, has freedom, time...and a wanderlust that just won't quit.

If you're open to the fun you've always craved, rattle my cage!! -- Roy ~__/)_