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Help me around the house and learn about food foraging in Prince Rupert, BC, Canada

Availability

  2024 

 Min stay requested: No minimum

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  • Description

    Description

    I am an active retired nurse. I enjoy paddling, hiking, foraging for food and preserving food. I live in a tall well kept home, with 2 people renting a suite in my basement. I love having travellers stay with me. I have hosted through warm showers and couch surfing and paddle groups in the past. I would love some help with power washing the house, mowing the lawn, washing windows and downsizing some contents. In exchange, I can taking you mushroom or berry picking when in season, show you around, take you to see reversing tidal rapids, walk through meadows and marshes and cook with you. I have bicycles or a bus stop across the street. I live in a beautiful coastal city that is the starting point of BC ferries for going to Haida Gwaii or Vancouver Island.
    I have a nice quiet comfortable space for guests, with a spare bedroom, sitting room and bathroom. Upstairs is a large kitchen and open area for cooking and socializing.

  • Types of help and learning opportunities

    Types of help and learning opportunities

    Gardening
    Help around the house
    General Maintenance
  • Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    Cultural exchange and learning opportunities

    I love to forage for food ( mushrooms and berries are examples). I can show you how to preserve and use the foraged food, I also preserve fish, make kamboocha, yogurt and sourdough. Happy to share baking and preserving knowledge.

  • Help

    Help

    Power washing the siding of the house, washing windows, organizing my garage, yard work.

  • Languages spoken

    English: Fluent

  • Accommodation

    Accommodation

    One level of home for travellers. There’s a spare bed with a queen sized bed, a sitting room and a bathroom, I do have other bedrooms to accommodate travellers if they are not a couple. We can share cooking upstairs in a large kitchen.

  • What else ...

    What else ...

    There are lovely trails to hike, coffee shops on a trail near the ocean, beautiful outdoors to explore, there’s also a museum with lots of First Nations displays, and a museum of an old fish cannery that is very interesting,

  • A little more information

    A little more information

    • Internet access

    • Limited internet access

      Limited internet access

    • We have pets

    • We are smokers

    • Can host families

  • Space for parking camper vans

    Space for parking camper vans

    There is plenty of parking for vehicles on the side of the street.

  • How many Workawayers can stay?

    How many Workawayers can stay?

    More than two

  • ...

    Hours expected

    Maximum 4-5 hours a day, 5 days a week

Host ref number: 519171615182

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