David & Arwen

From: United States

Account Type
Couple account
Travelling to
Ecuador, New Zealand
Travel dates
23/04/2018 - 19/11/2020
Nº of Facebook friends
295
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Our status
Travelling
Description
We are a fun hard working and friendly couple from Hood River, Oregon, USA looking to meet new people and experience life's adventures. We have a strong agricultural background along with some basic farm livestock (chickens, goats, pigs, cows), business management and people skills. We love the outdoors hiking, camping, skiing, boating and hot springs. We are excited to see the world how others live it day to day.
Skills and knowledge we'd like to share or learn
We're interested in:
Being an elderly companion
Charity Work
Language practice
Some knowledge of:
Gardening
Babysitting and creative play
Creating/ Cooking family meals
Life at a Farmstay
Eco Projects
Helping around the house
Animal Care
Helping with Computers/ Internet
Able to teach about:
DIY and building projects
General Maintenance
Hospitality/Tourism
More details about your skills
Dave's skills include Carpentry, welding, construction, painting, vineyard management, gardening, farming, irrigation, livestock and mechanics.
Arwen's skills include business management, computers, cleaning, gardening, farming, livestock and web design.
Languages spoken
English: Fluent
Age
44 & 43
What else ...
We have two children ( ages 21 & 23). We have worked hard to reach our goals of being able to travel and meet new people and are looking forward to life's experiences.
Cheers
Some more information
- Smoker
- Driver's licence
- Allergies
  No
- Special dietary requirements
  No

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22/08/2019

Left by Workawayer (David & Arwen) for host for (Working towards ...)

We learned so much from Kate and family. It is a true working farm and glad we could be apart of it. We appreciated the local cuisine Kate would make. We couldn’t be more excited when she shared her recipes on making goat cheese. You didn’t have to ask us twice on making cheese. :wink:
Happy we had this workaway experience and the many people we… read more

(Excellent )

16/08/2019

Left by host (Working towards ...) for Workawayer (David & Arwen)

You should definitely get Dave and Arwen to stay. Lovely solid willing skilled people. Huge amount of life experience and varied work experiences. They're always cheerful and happy, and reliable, motivated and hard-working. Arwen is a great gardener and cook (although no stranger to ladders and staple guns), and Dave is on the building/fixing side… read more

(Excellent )

19/08/2018

Left by host (Enjoy your time with us as a ...) for Workawayer (David & Arwen)

Dave and Arwen have been excellent workawayers, friends, helpers, company, etc...
There is no job than Dave wouldn't tackle with pleasure and efficiency.
Arwen was an absolute majician in the garden, enthusiastic and amazing. Both of them are very thoughtful, resourceful, generous, intelligent people and they make your life easier when you allow… read more

(Excellent )

16/08/2018

Left by Workawayer (David & Arwen) for host for (Enjoy your time with us as a ...)

We had an amazing experience with Mike and Veronique. We were at their beautiful properties end of July for about 2 weeks, and wish we could of stayed longer. We helped with many projects from cleaning the house, finding the vegetable garden, making signs to clearing brush. We enjoyed our glamping and outings with these two. But overall they made… read more

(Excellent )

19/08/2018

Left by Workawayer (David & Arwen) for host for (Help us with our big old ...)

Our time with Paul & Aine was short. We only had a little over one week with a big task in front of us. The word had gotten out about our cleaning and organization skills. So we came to the small village of Gragnola to sort out the cantina and computer room. We think we made some serious headway and wish we had a little more time to tie up the… read more

(Excellent )

18/08/2018

Left by host (Help us with our big old ...) for Workawayer (David & Arwen)

It was great having Arwen and Dave stay with us. They tackled a job that was long overdue – clearing out the cantina and helping Paul sort out his tools. They did an amazing job and we really appreciate what they’ve done. Also Paul was pleased to get some welding advice from Dave; Arwen was a great help doing laundry and helping with cleaning.… read more

(Excellent )

14/07/2018

Left by host (Be a caretaker in an old farm ...) for Workawayer (David & Arwen)

Arwin and Dave brought us a little bit of the Oregon way of life and left us with curiosity to visit Hood River and its grapevines. They are a funny and loving couple. They are kitchen/cooking lovers and they gave a big advancement to our Airbnb kitchen. The easy communication and relationship they established with the other Workawayers brought a… read more

(Excellent )

11/07/2018

Left by Workawayer (David & Arwen) for host for (Be a caretaker in an old farm ...)

Maria you have certainly taken on quite the project bringing life back to your family farm. We are in awe and inspired by all that you are doing and so glad we could be a small part of it.
We loved all of it but especially picking fresh oranges and lemons everyday.
Thank you for taking us on we enjoyed our time with you and the other… read more

(Excellent )

04/06/2018

Left by host for Workawayer (David & Arwen)

We are so grateful to have had the opportunity to have hosted Dave and Arwen. They are easy going, good hearted, fun loving, super hard working and genuinely kind people who have so much experience to offer they could fit in anywhere and I couldn't recommend highly enough. Arwen cooked lunch and dinner for up to 10 people daily under difficult… read more

(Excellent )

28/05/2018

Left by Workawayer (David & Arwen) for host for (Irish family looking for help ...)

Our hosts Paul and Helen were very welcoming to us. We couldn’t believe how beautiful their property is and how lucky we were to be staying there. They always were making sure we had everything we needed and more. Their 3 beautiful kids were simply charming. Thanks River for showing Dave how to play backgammon. We loved playing in the pool with… read more

(Excellent )

09/05/2018

Left by Workawayer (David & Arwen) for host for (Volunteers Wanted For ...)

Thank you Thomas and Joon a million times over for welcoming us with open arms. We had a wonderful first experience with workaway and couldn’t be more pleased. Thomas and Joon are amazing hosts. We were pleasantly surprised to have our own room, bathroom and linens. Thomas and Joon went above and beyond to make us feel at home. We were so excited… read more

(Excellent )

04/05/2018

Left by host (Volunteers Wanted For ...) for Workawayer (David & Arwen)

Dave and Arwen recently came to stay with us and it was such a great experience. They are a lovely couple always up for working hard and great fun to be with. They worked magic in the garden by building us some compost bins out of pallets, creating pallet decking for our cafe. Dave and Arwen also completely refurbished our handyman's tool room by… read more

(Excellent )

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