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16 Aug 2025
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Description
My husband and I have closed our bnb business that we used to invite Workaway volunteers to help us. We have moved to Vancouver, WA (actually much closer to downtown Portland than our previous location was). We now live in a community. I live in a tiny house located on the property. Jeff has a bedroom in the main house. We have a variety of roomates who love to travel, and they are willing to make their rooms available to volunteers when they are out of town. Our new home has a variety of maintenance tasks in the house, yard, and garden that we would appreciate help with. We also enjoy help with cooking and cleaning and always dog walking! Our new household multi-generational (ages from 72 years to 22), and is very non traditional. It works best if you are LGBTQ friendly.
We love to invite people to visit our little corner of the world, and hosting them as they discover the Pacific Northwest is a real joy for us! Please feel free to contact with any questions you may have.
Types of help and learning opportunities
Art Projects
Language practice
Gardening
DIY and building projects
Animal Care
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
Help with Computers/ Internet
Interests
Sustainability
Self development
Politics / Social justice
Pets
LGBTQ
Charity work
Events & social
Culture
Performing arts
History
Gardening
DIY & crafts
Cooking & food
Books
Astronomy
Animals
Hiking
Dancing
Beach
Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
We are happy to practice English with you. I am native to this part of the US, so I understand the history of the location, and am happy to share this with visitors. We also enjoy cooking the local, fresh cuisine and sharing meals with our guests. We like hiking and getting out in nature. We are happy to help with coordinating how to get to some of the best sites in the area.
Help
When we travel, we need someone to help with feeding our cat, and sometimes our dogs (although the dogs typically travel with us), and monitor the house. Walking the dogs is always appreciated! I have a lot of different projects that I am working on, and sometimes there are times when some help with these is appreciated. It's great to have someone help with light housework, including: laundry, dishes, vaccuming and some cooking. I'm always working on some sort of furniture project, so if you are inclined to help with this sort of project, that's great! I can also use some help setting up some computer projects. As we move into winter, the yard may also appreciate your assistance.
Languages
Languages spoken
English: FluentThis host offers a language exchange
I'm interested in learning Spanish.
Accommodation
We have a variety of rooms available for workaway volunteers. Sometimes the room has a king size bed with a private bath and sometimes it has a full sized bed with a shared bath. It depends on which of my roomates is traveling which room is available for your use. We have an 8 person hot tub that is available for everyone to use.
What else ...
We are happy to provide you with a bicycle. We are also near to public transportation- both buses and light rail. We are near many hiking trails, wine tasting, the beach and the mountains. We are a 15 minute drive from downtown Portland.
A little more information
Internet access
Limited internet access
We have pets
We are smokers
Can host families
Can host digital nomads
We have extra fast cable connection. We pay more for an upgraded package and we have purchased a new router within the last year.
Space for parking camper vans
We have a small space available in a gravel parking area. It has a plug in for the electric.
How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
My animals / pets
Lilipad American shorthair
She will sneak in an cuddle you while you sleep!
Benny- Boston Terrier (masquerading as a chuggly meatball) (12 years)
He is old and he has the cancer, but he is still a part of the family
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I stayed in the trailer and it was very comfortable, Karen made sure I had everything I needed and communicated very well… read more
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I stayed in the trailer and it was very comfortable, Karen made sure I had everything I needed and communicated very well… read more
It's definitely not a traditional household but if you're okay with that, you'll have a great time.
They are really easy going and fun so I felt super comfortable and welcomed. Hope to go back some day <3
The work… read more
I met lots of… read more
The work was easy and I usually completed everything in the… read more
The work in the house is like taking care of your own place...making bed, wash and dry… read more
Karen has great mood, she is often laughing and talking to the dogs, she is funny, friendly and talkative. She makes delicious food and she is always trying to make some new recipe so if you know some recipe from your country you can… read more
I stayed for three weeks and experienced incredible kindness and generosity! I only met Jeff since Karen was on a road trip in Europe, but he offered me to drive me anywhere and always brought my favourite foods from the grocery store :D
We also spend a lot of time watching the… read more
