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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. -
Types of help and learning opportunities
Language practice
Light gardening
Creative DIY projects
Farmstay help
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Help around the house
Light maintenance
Help with Computers/ Internet
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Interests
Events & social
Culture
Charity work
Gardening
Cooking & food
Camping
Nature
Mountain
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UN sustainability goals this host is trying to achieve
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Cultural exchange and learning opportunities
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. -
Help
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. -
Languages
Languages spoken
English: FluentThis host offers a language exchange
Audrey is studying Spanish and is always up for a language exchange. -
Accommodation
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. -
What else ...
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. -
A little more information
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Internet access
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Limited internet access
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We have pets
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We are smokers
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Can host families
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Space for parking 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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How many Workawayers can stay?
Two
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My animals / pets
Playboy, Prince and Murano
These are all older horses, some are ridable and others take an experienced rider.
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John taught us lots of new skills on the farm at Millarville. We both thoroughly enjoyed … read more
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John taught us lots of new skills on the farm at Millarville. We both thoroughly enjoyed … read more
We were there for two weeks in May helping them out on their farm in Millarville.
We always started the day with a big brunch on the weekend by the breakfast chef John.
We had many different kinds of jobs and the jobs suited … read more
If you're lucky enough to share a moment with them, you'll know what I mean.
The accommodation is really perfect, whether in Canmore or at the Ranch, I felt as comfortable as in a hotel. As for the meals, what can I say!
All the food and dishes from them … read more
The accomodation is nothing short of perfect at both of their locations and the work is more than fair. They make a huge effort to make you feel home and as apart of the family. We felt so … read more
Their two homes : a cozy chalet in Canmore and a charming ranch in Milarville - are simply perfect. The … read more
We worked hard, had lots of fun and shared our Canadian culture and experiences, including Canadian football.
It would be a pleasure to have him join us again … read more
What wonderful house guests, hard working, helped with preparing meals and clean up , egger to learn new skills.
They stayed with us for ten days late August to early September. We painted doors, sanded Tipi poles and did all sorts of odd jobs both in Canmore and at the farm in Millarville. A pleasure to work and play with and we … read more
They are just the most lovely people and they literally felt like our parents for the two weeks we spent with them, that’s how caring and inclusive … read more
They were very easy to … read more
Communication before hand was quick and very good.
We really appreciate them having us in their home in the current worldwide situation. John and Audrey take covid seriously enough for you to feel safe, but it does not … read more
Matt is especially skilled and was a great help with servicing and doing some repairs on both our tractor and farm truck and the BMW. He takes pride in his work and the work place. Hannah is also very helpful and always willing to take … read more
Thank you for the really fun week we experienced at your two homes in Canmore and Millarville! We felt part of the family and very comfortable. We did some carpentry and end up with making this big door! We just had so much fun and learned a lot about Canada through John’s great stories. We hope to see them back again!!
John and Audrey
They are both very polite and Molly love to be in the kitchen but both helped out and were always there to help clean up after … read more
The accommodation is amazing and the work is fair. I was made to feel at home from the start, and there was a very family feel to the experience … read more
