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

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  Description

  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 couples ever since Covid to reduce the risks associated with the virus . We have now decided when ever possible we would prefer to continue to host couples,
  
  We and I have two homes for our guests to enjoy, the first is 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. 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 workawayers take their days off when we are in Canmore.
  Canmore is a great outdoor life style community , with lots of outdoor activities hiking, climbing, canoeing, 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, and hiking in the area as well.

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  Types d'aide et opportunités d'apprendre

  Projets artistiques

  Pratique d’une langue

  Jardinage

  Bricolage et construction

  Aide dans une ferme

  Cuisine/repas pour la famille

  Aide à la maison

  Entretien général

  Aide informatique/internet
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  Objectifs de développement durable de l’ONU que cet hôte essaie d'atteindre

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  Echange culturel et opportunités d'apprendre

  Audrey and I have travelled through Europe, South America and much of North America, including Mexico and parts of Central America. We are happy to share our experiences and advise if asked.
  
  We along with our sons have lived in other countries and have enjoyed learning about different cultures. Our youngest son now lives in Scotland and the second is married with twin son and daughter.
  
  We 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 and me with the Calgary Stampede for more than 40 years and love helping people learn and contribute to community.

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  Projets impliquant des enfants

  Ce projet peut impliquer des enfants. Pour en savoir plus, consultez nos directives et conseils ici.

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  Aide

  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 that needs the normal care spring sowing (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 the house, and some painting and deep cleaning. We always encourage our guests to help with the preparation of meals, clean up after, and participation in preparing a meal from their culture. 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 cereals, eggs, yogurts, fruit, juice, milk and coffee. On the weekends we normally start work around 10 am and stop for a light snack during the day and finish with a hardy meals around 5 or 6 PM. We are omnivores so there will be meat protein at almost all afternoon meals.
  Many of our workdays at the farm finish with time spent around a campfire.

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  Langues

  Langues parlées
  Anglais: Courant

  Cet hôte propose un échange linguistique
  Audrey and I are working on learning and speaking Spanish .
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  Hébergement

  While staying in Canmore you stay in our home in a private bedroom with its own bathroom and living 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.
  
  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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  Autres infos...

  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. Both of our properties offer lots to do, but Canmore is world famous for its beauty and outdoor activities. Summer, mountain biking, 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, and fishing in the stream. There are also farmers markets and three lovely small communities within a ten minute drive.

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  Informations complémentaires

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    Accès Internet

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    Accès Internet limité

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    Nous avons des animaux

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    Nous sommes fumeurs

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    Familles bienvenues

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  Possibilité d’accueillir les digital nomads

  We have great WIFI at both properties and with the time change between Western Canada and Europe it has been easy for our digital nomads to work from both properties. Both homes have amble space to allow digital nomads privacy and quiet works areas.

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  Espace pour garer des vans

  We have loads of room for vans and campers at Millarville, space is somewhat limited to street parking in Canmore.

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  Combien de volontaires pouvez-vous accueillir ?

  Deux

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