WW50.Luke_Sidney Australia

Luke from Sidney Australia arrived on July 29th and stayed to the following Friday August 7th. On Lukes first day he was initiated into the endless rock raking. Unfortunately, that evening he wasn't feeling well and spent the better part of that night at the hospital being rehydrated(we suspect that he had sunstroke which resulted in dehydration). It took him a couple of days to recover, and so he missed out on the huckleberry picking and Thompson Falls, I don't think he minded missing the berry picking. Luke also particpated in the annual burr round up (chopping down of the infamous bi-annual burr bush). He gave a go at raspberry picking but there were too many wasps buzzing him, so instead Loren and Luke picked and shucked peas .
Luke canoed at Susan Lake with Anne (WW 49), where they saw a moose calf. Luke left on route to Banff and then onto Toronto. He has a work visa and is hoping to work while he stays in Canada. Luke didn't sign the wwoofing book, nor did we get a picture of working, so I found this photo on his blog. You can check out Lukes travels at the link http://www.aussie-in-canada.com/.

WW49 Anne; Alfeld,Bavaria

Anne arrived around July 15th, 2009. She had previous sent me an email that ‘I’m not afraid of work’ and of course this was true. But what is so nice about Anne,is that she never takes things too seriously. Anne was thrown right into work here, as the strawberries were in full production and winter syrup needed to be done. Anne helped with haying, the endless rock raking, turning over the lodge after a group left, sanding the cabin walls, weeding in the garden, grooming the horses, cleaning the barn and the annual burr round up.
Anne attended her first wedding shower here in Canada, picked a half-gallon of huckleberries in the Rocky Mtns, picked Saskatoons along our drive and canoed at Susan Lake where she saw a moose calf. But I am sure the best of all, was when our friend Paul took Anne for a helicopter ride to his lodge in the Purcell Mtns. Paul was doing a maintenance check and delivery to the lodge, and thought Anne might enjoy the trip. He picked here up right here in the horse pasture. It was quite the afternoon for her, and she even was treated to lunch at Purcell Lodge. August 4th, Anne packed to the brim, caught a ride to Edmonton with our neighbour, and now we have already received emails from her new wwoofing location. She will be a welcome spark to any farm where she Wwoofs. Anne plans to return here this fall.