Share life experiences and skills with us in Rocky Mountains near Canmore, Alberta, Canada

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  Beschreibung

  Hello Workawayers,
  
  Thanks for viewing our profile - may your travels be full of adventure , safe and rewarding, stay healthy. Audrey and I have been hosting mainly couples ever since 2018 and would prefer to continue to host couples because it makes our sleeping arrangements much simpler at our Canmore home.
  
  We have two residences, the first is located in the beautiful mountain community of Canmore and is our primary home, we also have a second weekend home in the Alberta foothills, our Millarville farm. During your stay with us you will enjoy time at both of our homes, we spend time with our workaway guests between both of these properties. There is always lots to do at the farm, repairing and building fences , cleaning up our wood lot, gardening and numerous do it yourself (DIY) jobs, painting and carpentry. There are also jobs to do at our Canmore home, daily chores such as house keeping, yard work and general maintenance, as well as DIY projects.
  Because we spend time at both of our homes and there is more to do at the farm we do prefer that our workaway guests enjoy taking days off when we are in Canmore.
  Canmore is a great outdoor lifestyle community , with loads of outdoor activities hiking, climbing, sightseeing, snowshoeing, skiing, and beautiful mountain scenery. There are lots of summer and winter activities. Millarville is beautiful farm with a year around stream , we have large raised garden beds and the opportunity to work with nature and learn about Alberta. There are great farmers markets, biking, hiking and wildlife viewing in the area as well.

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  Arten von Hilfe und Lernmöglichkeiten

  Sprachpraxis

  Leichte Gartenarbeit

  Kreative Heimwerkerprojekte

  Mithilfe auf einem Bauernhof

  Zubereiten / Kochen von Mahlzeiten für die Familie

  Hausarbeiten

  Leichte Instandhaltungsarbeiten

  Hilfe mit Computer /Internet
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  Interessengebiete

  

  Events & Sozialleben

  

  Kultur

  

  Karitative Arbeiten

  

  Gartenarbeiten

  

  Kochen & Backen

  

  Camping

  

  Natur

  

  Gebirge

  

  Outdoor-Aktivitäten
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  Was ist das?
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  Kultureller Austausch und Lernmöglichkeiten

  Audrey and I have travelled through Europe, South America and much of North America, including Mexico, Central America and parts of the Caribbean . We are happy to share our experiences and yours and enjoy hearing and participating in travel advise as well.
  
  We along with our sons have lived in other countries and have enjoyed learning about different cultures.
  
  Audrey and I, both love meeting new people and sharing our and your life experiences and skills with each other. We both have been a volunteer leaders Audrey with the Canmore Highland Games 20 years and John with the Calgary Stampede for more than 40 years and love helping people learn and contribute to community.

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  Arbeit

  We just built a new building at Millarville and did a lot of the work ourselves, carpentry, electrical, insulation, etc. We also have new work projects of a similar but much smaller nature ongoing. We have a large garden and yard that needs the normal care, spring seeding (May, June), weeding (July, August), and harvesting ( August, Sept, Oct) gardening does not start until late April and finishes in October. We also manage our tree lot with chain sawing trees, and cutting firewood.
  While in Canmore there is less to do but we do have yard work, house work and chores around our home , and some painting and deep cleaning. We always encourage our guests to help with the preparation of meals, and clean up after. We also encourage participation in preparing a meal from their culture, we are more than please to pay for the cost and organise the ingrediencies' needed. There is no shortage of food or great conversation at our dinner table. Our work days starts after breakfast (weekends it is eggs, bacon, hash browns, fruit, juice, milk and coffee and perhaps pancakes) weekdays are normally lighter with toast, cereals, eggs, yogurts, fruit, juice, milk, toast and coffee. On the weekends we normally start work around 10 or 10:30 am and stop for a light snack during the day and finish with a hardy meals around 6 PM. We are omnivores so there will be meat protein at almost all afternoon and dinner meals.
  Many of our workdays at the farm finish with time spent around an outdoor campfire or time by a fire in our TiPi. Our guests normally enjoy an abundance of wildlife sittings at both our homes, deer, elk, moose, beavers, a variety of wild birds.

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  Sprachen

  Gesprochene Sprachen
  Englisch: Fließend

  Dieser Gastgeber bietet Sprachaustausch an
  Audrey is studying Spanish and is always up for a language exchange.
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  Unterkunft

  While staying in Canmore you stay in our home in a private bedroom, you will have your own bathroom and shared living and dinning area. At our Millarville property we have a guest bedroom and bath in the main house, we also have an RV with multiple sleeping areas and bathroom as well as an apartment above the garage. Depending on the number of guests we have at the farm at any one time you may be staying in anyone of these sleeping areas.
  
  Almost all meals are normally prepared and eaten together as a family. There will always be plenty of food at every meal. As workaway hosts you are our guests but we appreciate your help with making dinners, clean up after and sharing kitchen duties. We sometimes have wine or beer with meals, or around the campfire. We are happy to share but do ask that you check with us before helping yourself and consuming these drinks.

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  Was noch ...

  We normally start our day with a good breakfast and then have one or two short breaks for refreshments and snacks during the day and finish with a large meal at the end of the work day. We try and work extra hours at Millarville and then provide our workaway guests with more time off in Canmore.
  
  CANMORE IS A SHORT PUBLIC BUS RIDE ( 20 TO 45 MIN IUTES ) FROM WORLD FAMOUS BANFF AND LAKE LOUISE SO WITH A LITTLE EFFORT YOU CAN ALSO ENJOY ALL THE NATIONAL PARK OFFERS.
  
  Both of our properties offer lots to do, but Canmore is world famous for its beauty and outdoor activities. Summer, mountain biking, great mountain hiking, rock climbing, site seeing. Winter offers both great down hill and cross country skiing, snowshoeing, wildlife photography, and site seeing. Our home at Millarville has our horses, biking, hiking, wildlife viewing and fishing in the stream. There are also farmers markets and three lovely small communities within a ten minute drive.

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  Etwas mehr Information

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    Internet Zugang

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    Eingeschränkter Internet Zugang

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    Wir besitzen Tiere

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    Wir sind Raucher

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    Familien möglich

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  Platz zum Abstellen von Camper Vans

  We have loads of room for vans, RV's and campers at Millarville, however space is somewhat limited to street parking in Canmore. If you wish to camp your stay with us may be more limited to our Millarville property.

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  Kapazität - wie viele Workawayer maximal

  zwei

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  Meine Tiere/Haustiere

  Playboy, Prince and Murano

  These are all older horses, some are ridable and others take an experienced rider.

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