So, I signed up for this really cool site called couchsurfing.com which is a tool travelers use to share their lives with hosts who are interested in sharing their world from all kinds of places in this world. Garret, the youngest son of one of my best friends, Robin Morgan, suggested I check out the page last year, and when I did, I was really impressed with the mission of the couch surfing project. The goal? Simple: To create a better world, one couch at a time. Awesome! I wanted to be a part of it, just like I knew WeEarth was an awesome idea and I wanted to be a part of it.

When I signed up for the site, I thought of it as being a cool way to share Loma Partida with others - I love it there so very much, and it offers a sense of tranquility unsurpassed in my experiences. My first couch surfers were a young couple from Conneticut, whom I affectionately dubbed Dreds and Tats. She had a head of dreds that those whom love dreds would die to have, and his body was like a canvas of tatoos representative of meaningful images in marking transistions and special moments in his life - and what a cool couple.

Kelli and Erik were incredible people, and made my first couch surfing experience a wonderful one, one which made for a week which passed easily and quickly. They were a really laid back, intelligent, globally-aware couple, and I know that they will go places in the world and make a difference wherever they land. They slept up in the rancho where Kevin and Jeremy used to live, and were visited regularly each night in the wee hours by Rita - and loved it.

I believe that tolerance of a visiting Margay is a pre-requisite for staying in the rancho since there is no real door to shut off the front. She is a social creature, albeit a bit on the rough side!

Erik Linderbeck designed and built an arbor over the Ojos de Agua and the small stream that runs off from it, to hold up my burgeouning mandevilla, and in doing so made a lasting contribution to Loma Partida, which I think is way shades of cool.