2011 Holiday Greetings from Loren and Denise

Kwung Suk_WW#68_Last WW of 2011

Kwung Suk a very interesting mature WW from South Korea contacted us early in mid June when he was woofing near Nanaimo at a lodge. He was traveling in Canada for 5 months. He had past experience in woofing in both Australia and NZ, and was working on his English skills.


However because his English skills still needed work, and I didn’t realize that, we had some difficulties from the start. We originally had made arrangements for Kwung Suk to arrive mid September, and I had asked him to confirm closer to the date, and he didn’t respond to my request to confirm his arrival, so when we had no contact from him we booked Nora and I made plans to be away. Then we received a phone call from Kwung Suk who was at the Golden bus depot. At this time we were guests at a dinner engagement. We made the best of it and Kwung Suk made his accommodations in the bus. We did take him and Nora fishing, and they attended my dance recital. However,  the work we had for him was not what he expected and we do expect our ww to help out. Further, Nora had pretty much wrapped up the garden chores and all we had left was firewood, which is heavy work. In the end Kwung Suk headed for Calgary to rent a car and tour the Rockies. We hope he had a great trip in the Rockies. I did not receive any photos of Kwung Suk and since I was away when he left, I didn't have a chance ask for one, perhaps he will send us a photo.

Nora_WW#67

Nora from Germany arrived shortly after Jess had left, so we really had very little to do around the place. However we manage to find enough to keep her busy and Nora was able to find things to do in her spare time. We went fishing to Susan Lake with our other woofer Kwung Suk who arrived while she was here, we didn’t catch any fish, very unusual for Susan Lake, but the weather was warm and scenery beautiful. Unfortunately while Nora was here I had to take a trip to Chilliwack for a family visit, so it was a short woofing experience for us. Nora helped with firewood, tidying up at the lodge and putting vegetables from the garden into the freezer. After Nora left here she toured the Rocky Mountains tour with a friend. She said “it was amazing. We've been in Banff, Lake Louise and Jasper. In Jasper we had luck to meet a nice girl with a car (unfortunately we had none). So we were able to visit the icefields and some waterfalls.” Nora then went onto woof at a sheep farm in the foothills outside of Calgary, where she sorted wool and seeded pasture.  We enjoyed Nora’s visit and hope she is having a ‘good life!’

Jess_ww#66

Jessica who is known as Jess, calls Britain home. Jess was no stranger to woofing, as she had spent time woofing in Europe.  While woofing she had made friends with another woofer, and was visiting in Calgary.
They had planned a trip in September and Jess was anxious to get out of the city, so woofing was logical. Further Jess was a great woofer as she was very independent.
We had finished up logging at Donald so had some time to go fishing. First we went out for a day with friends from the lodge, then we spent a wkend fishing and camping at Kinbasket, other friends. Again we didn't catch any fish worth bragging about. But we did go for a hike, and Jess learnt to play crib.
Jess helped with some cleaning at the lodge, gardening and helped to finish perma chinking the outside of the cabin.
I am feeling bad that this is the only photo I have of Jess, not sure where the rest got to. In this photo we are fishing while Jess practices knitting, the knitting was a continuous source of jokes, as there were a few stitches missing and added.

Jess had offered to house sit in December, however it turned out that Loren was running the processor on another woodlot, so  we didn't get away for a holiday, and since things were guiet at the lodge we din't need help. Too bad as  Jess' is rialable and fun company.