Gary & Marty

Travel information

We are currently

Description

I'm married to Marty Harding, who will be traveling and volunteering with me. Together we have 5 kids and 5 grandkids, whom we get to see often because they all live within an hour's drive. We have many skills and much experience to offer - accumulated through 60 some years of living and working and playing. We'll be more specific in the "skills" section. We love to be active and we're looking for more than a typical vacation and believe that "Workaway" can provide that opportunity for us. In fact, Workaway DID provide that opportunity for us in 2014 in northern Norway: http://www.workaway.info/839119588584-en.html "Help out on a small island in the north of Norway". We worked on a farm for a week, planting, weeding, harvesting and helping out as needed - even doing some masonry work. The experience was very rewarding for both Marty and me and also our hosts, Dag and Marion.

Interests

Languages spoken

English: Fluent

Skills and knowledge we'd like to share or learn

We're interested in:  

Babysitting and creative play

Being an elderly companion

Life at a Farmstay

Eco Projects

Helping around the house

Hospitality/Tourism

Charity Work

Languages

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Some knowledge of:  

Art Projects

Helping with Computers/ Internet

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Able to teach about:  

Gardening

DIY and building projects

General Maintenance

Creating/ Cooking family meals

Animal Care

Teaching

More details about your skills

Marty and I are in good physical condition - we exercise daily and strive to eat a plant-based diet. We are both gardeners and farmers and have raised many animals, including chickens, horses, sheep, and geese. I constructed an earth-sheltered, passive solar, energy-efficient house in the 1980s and lived there for 20 years. Marty has run her own nonprofit business. We have secured grants - I, to build a government facility, Marty for operations for several nonprofits she has directed. She is an accomplished musician: choral conductor, composer, pianist and flutist. I sing in her choirs. I also am a nature photographer. Marty has traveled in every state in the US. I have visited most states and traveled to Europe four times. We have visited Costa Rica three times - I volunteered at the Cloud Forest School in Monteverde for a month and traveled as a Sister Park non-governmental organization representative to Corcovado National Park on the Osa Peninsula in Feb 2013.

Age

75 & 72

What else ...

Marty and I are great with kids and grandkids AND the elderly. Our Moms lived in an adult foster care home nearby and we were regular care providers during those five+ years.

We served as chairs on 2 local nonprofit boards concerned with and providing support for the St. Croix River, its watershed and its National Park.

Some more information

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  Smoker

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  Driver's licence

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  Allergies
  poison ivy

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  Special dietary requirements
  pescatarian