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Hello potential helpers! Looking for a peaceful stay in Colorado's Rocky Mountains in exchange for some help on our property?
We will provide very comfortable accommodation, great meals, and side sightseeing trips.
The maximum length of stay that would make sense will depend on your skills and, obviously, how much we all enjoy each others' company.
You would stay in our guest room, which has its own bathroom and is on its own level so you'll have complete privacy. The bedroom has a view of Mount Evans, a 14,265' (4,348 m) peak. The photo of the mountain in our profile is the view from "your" bedroom! The room has an extremely comfortable queen sized bed.
You will be very well fed. There's no problem accommodating most food restrictions or preferences you may have.
We would ask you to help around 25 hours a week.
We are surrounded by wildlife, including elk, deer, foxes, and dozens of species of birds. There is no TV here, but we do have good wifi. We have lots of books, and the library's not far away. Although we are not in a town, we get excellent mobile phone reception here. It's very peaceful here, and we want to keep it that way, so this won't work for someone who wants to party.
Nothing (other than nice walks/hikes) is in walking distance. If you do not have your own vehicle, you would have limited independence as far as getting around. With a car though, you are an hour away from several world-famous ski resorts, and closer to an unlimited number of spectacular hikes. We are only 40 minutes away from the large city of Denver, which has museums, sports arenas, etc. etc. If you are a winter visitor, we have snowshoes you can borrow. In summer, you can rent a canoe to enjoy the nearby lake. We're happy to give you lifts to nearby places. There are several pubs, etc. nearby, but the roads are curvy mountain roads, often well-monitored by the local highway patrol, so in more ways than one it is not safe to drive home after having a few drinks. We also do not really want anyone who has more than a few drinks in an evening here anyway. Drugs are a deal-breaker. Even though it's legal in Colorado, that includes marijuana. We like to enjoy life in healthier ways. If you smoke tobacco, that would be outside only.
About us: we are a very well-traveled couple, and really enjoy meeting people. We both speak fluent Spanish, and can communicate in several other European languages. Some of our many interests include conversation, history, politics, international affairs, and learning new things. One of the activities we spend our time doing is mentoring refugees from Darfur and South Sudan, so they often visit our home.
Rona was a workaway volunteer in Australia in 2014, so we really have an understanding for what it's all about.
Please contact us with any questions you have.Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre
JardinageBricolage et constructionAide informatique/internetEchange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre
This is the American West. You'll see what life is like in a clean, crime-free, relaxed part of the United States. In the summer there are often nearby rodeos to attend.
Aide
We'll be doing some DIY interior renovations as well as an addition to our house. May through October we are gardening and landscaping as well.
One of us is an experienced jack of most trades. We have just about every power tool and hand tool you can think of. We'll work right along with you, unless you prefer to work alone.
Sometimes we need general help or someone who enjoys gardening.
At other times, depending on what we are doing, someone able to help with stone and/or brick masonry, concrete, tile setting, cabinetry, or carpentry would be much appreciated. Engineers of any kind - you engineers are always amazing!Langues
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Anglais: Courant
Espagnol: Courant
Français: Courant
Allemand: Intermédiaire
Italien: IntermédiaireCet hôte propose un échange linguistique
Cet hôte a indiqué qu’il souhaitait faire partager sa propre langue ou en apprendre une nouvelle.
Contactez-le pour en savoir plus.Hébergement
You would stay in our guest room, which has its own private bathroom and is on its own level so you'll have complete privacy. The bedroom has a view of Mount Evans, a 14,265' (4,348 m) peak. In fact, the mountains in the profile photo are the view from "your" bedroom. You will be very well fed with varied meals. There's no problem accommodating most food restrictions or preferences you have: food intolerances, vegetarian, etc.
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Nothing (other than nice walks/hikes) is in walking distance. If you do not have your own vehicle, you would have very limited independence as far as getting around. With a car though, you are an hour away from several world-famous ski resorts, and closer to an unlimited number of spectacular hikes. We are only 40 minutes away from the large city of Denver, which has museums, sports arenas, etc. etc. If you are a winter visitor, we have snowshoes you can borrow. There are several nice pubs, etc. nearby, but the roads are curvy mountain roads, often well-monitored by the local highway patrol, so in more ways than one it is not safe to drive home after having a few drinks. We also do not really want anyone who has more than a few drinks in an evening here anyway. Drugs are a deal-breaker. We like to enjoy life in healthier ways. If you smoke tobacco, that would be outside only.
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Accès Internet
Accès Internet limité
Nous avons des animaux
Nous sommes fumeurs
Familles bienvenues
Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads
We consider ourselves digital nomad friendly because our wifi is reliable, and we get good signals from all cellular providers which is not always the case in the mountains. Also because it's peaceful and relatively quiet here. There is road noise, but rarely does it get distracting.
Espace pour garer des vans
We have a long, flat parking area. We had a helper come in a converted school bus, and that worked out fine. For a camper van there are nicer spots among the trees that can be used for parking, with access to electrity and wifi.
Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?
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Nombre d'heures attendues
5 hours a day, 5 days a week but we are definitely flexible
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His help in tasks involving forestry, landscaping, and construction was very valuable to us; he is tall and strong, and works smart as well as hard. He also lent a… read more
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His help in tasks involving forestry, landscaping, and construction was very valuable to us; he is tall and strong, and works smart as well as hard. He also lent a… read more
As far as being a helper, Bruno is hard working, detail oriented, and very accommodating. He… read more
over the two weeks I… read more
As far as work is concerned, the man is… read more
We learned a lot about gardening, birds and the local wildlife while we were there, and I even got the chance to practice my carpentry work on some projects.
Deer and elk parade the local area and hundreds of birds frequent the… read more
As far as work was concerned, Chris is a terrific helper because he is calm, focused, attentive, diligent and eager. Even though he’s not naturally an early morning person, he was a great sport about getting up at 6 a.m. because we prefer to start then at this time of year. While… read more
He is a very courteous and thoughtful house guest, and about as low maintenance as one can get. In other words, he's easy to have around.
One of the nice… read more
Because of his travel plans, his stay was really short, but the quantity and quality of work he got done while here was absolutely incredible. He designed a beautiful fireplace surround, cut the stone, and installed it in two days. We can't get over how it's transformed our house.
We hope he… read more
As far as her value as a helper,… read more
Rona and Mark are very lovely hosts!
I was able to make a huge variety of jobs which made my stay extremely varying! They really appreciated the work i did for them!
But not just work was part of the workaway experience. I was also able to see the… read more
Every task we asked him to do was done with thoroughness, patience, excellence. He takes pride in everything he does, and takes it seriously. He helped us with quite a variety of jobs. He is enormously capable: he… read more
I felt at home and comfortable all the time, which is hard not to because their house is so cozy and nice!
Thank you, you too, hope to meet you again some other place!
You won't go wrong by inviting Luis to stay with you -- we are glad we did! Feel free to contact us if you want a… read more
Thank for all my friends Rona, Mark and Singha.
Rona cooked excellent meals, and… read more
He was always offering to help with the dishes, or to make us breakfast, which… read more
There were outings to hike along the river, the continental divide, afternoon tea, the Denver Art Museum, wildlife viewing and… read more
Also, we were glad to have the interesting cultural exchange of learning a bit… read more