Two Competent, Dependable Retirees Available for House Sitting Worldwide

About this sitter

We are two recent retirees who enjoy travel, the outdoors in all its forms, and are recently returned home from a 13-month "Vagabond." We live in the southwest mountains of New Mexico. We are competent, dependable, flexible, low-key, experienced with "strangers" in our home and as being "strangers" in other peoples homes due to our involvement with Couchsurfing.org and our experience as "WWOOFers" in past years. One of us is fluent in Spanish.

Why they want to house sit

We are looking for opportunities to visit and live in other areas of the United States and/or the world that will fit our budget. House sitting is one way to do that. While our "vagabond year" ended in July 2020, our desire and freedom to wander and learn will continue all our life.

Their experience

We have two "official" house/pet sitting experiences, and we have participated with the World Wide Organization of Organic Farming (WWOOF ... I think?) .. farm stays where we exchanged 4 hrs. of labor each day in exchange for room and board. This was in New Zealand around 20 yrs ago. We "WWOOFed" in NZ for almost a year. We also are members of Couchsurfing.org (CS.) We have primarily hosted travelers looking for a way to enjoy a more in-depth experience in a region by staying with local CS Hosts. We do not charge. The experience, the visiting, the laughter and sharing is the payment. We have ourselves been "Couchsurfers" (CSers) through this organization. During our vagabond year, and now due to the Covid precautions, we put our CS profile on hold, but I do need to get online, update it, and perhaps open up to CSers willing to take the extra step with Covid precautions.
We are dog owners of 40 years, recently empty-nested of animals when our Mel-dog died at the age of 13. Both of our official MindMyHouse housesit experiences involved dog care.

What can they bring to the assignment

Dependability; competence; organizational ability; carpentry ability; humor; experience; wisdom; low-key manner; low-key lifestyle; able to deal with unexpected events and outcomes; a pretty fair level of Spanish language fluency; flexibility; freedom to travel; and more.