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21 May 2023
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My husband and I are retired teachers with two grown children. We live in the Matanuska Valley on the edge of Lazy Mountain. I was a Deaf Education Teacher so I know some ASL. I’d say I’m at a rusty conversational level.
We built an addition with help from a workawayer. We have some chickens, a good sized garden and a greenhouse. We have a barn to clean and a manure pile to build up.
This year I want help jacking up and making level a small house here on the property. I am not as strong at 69 as I used to be and I could use help with heavy work.
Also, you should know, we live about 6 miles (about 9.5 km, I think) from town. Bus service is not an option. Together, we can figure out how to get you to where you might like to go. If you are comfortable with riding with strangers, we have friends, and someone is always going somewhere. We will get you where you want to go.
If you like hiking, then this is a great place! There is also an active mountain biking community here with many off road trails. The fishing is excellent here.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Language practice
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Farmstay help
Help around the house
General Maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
Visitors will become encultured in Alaskana and a rural lifestyle. There's plenty of hiking, visiting, and summer light!
Also, you should know, we live about 6 miles (about 9.5 km I think) from town. Bus service is not an option. Together, we can figure out how to get you to where you might like to go. If you like hiking, then this is a great place! Mountain biking? It’s here!
Visiting Alaska is allowing yourself to rely on others to provide entertainment, travel and letting yourself join the world of positive people. You will get to where you want to go, provided you communicate where that is.
Help
This summer, the small house on the property needs fixing up.
Languages
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
French: IntermediateThis host offers a language exchange
I’d like to learn Spanish.
Accommodation
There is a bedroom downstairs with a queen(?), bed and it's own bathroom.
What else ...
Palmer, Alaska is in the Matanuska Valley, google it. There are mountains all around and plenty of hiking. We are an hour's drive from Anchorage and a 6-7 hour drive from Fairbanks and about 5 hours from Homer.
We live about 6 miles (about 9.5 km I think) from town. Bus service is not an option.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
Yes.
Space for parking camper vans
We have lots of space for any size van, but we do not have dump facilities for sewage.
Can possibly accept pets
If you want to bring a dog, it must be good around chickens and our dog and cat. Otherwise, it will need to be tied up or on a leash at all times.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
Hours expected
4-5 hours per day, tops, 5 days a week
Feedback (1)
First of all, they're a lovely family (Sally, Peter, Dori and Ted) with a lovely home and lovely pets.
Second, the work was not too hard and we have a lot of fun working together. It's a fun environment with different tasks, mainly outside, where… read more
I'm sure that anyone would… read more
Feedback
First of all, they're a lovely family (Sally, Peter, Dori and Ted) with a lovely home and lovely pets.
Second, the work was not too hard and we have a lot of fun working together. It's a fun environment with different tasks, mainly outside, where… read more
I'm sure that anyone would… read more
