Dog-friendly home on 2 acres with mtn. views, close to town; all new inside

Gayle is an artist and educator with a passion for adolescent talent development. Paul is an engineer, with an emphasis on energy and resilience. We are both life-long learners, have collaborated on authoring research related to our areas of interest, and love to travel. Hosting Airbnb guests for a year or so was a great way to open our residence to travelers from different places, and enjoy getting to know them and a bit about their lifestyles.

Now as VRBO hosts, (having purchased the property from our son, following hundreds of invested hours of debris removal and major reconstruction of the interior of the home by several family members ) we continue to make improvements to both inside and outside to offer a warm, welcoming space for people to relax in while they are in the area. It is certainly a work in progress!

We enjoy time with our family-including 8 grandchildren & 2 (+2 expected) great-grandchildren, and our Labrador Retriever, Jaeger. We have opened this home to pets since we appreciate being able to take our boy with us when we travel away from home.

In line with our interest in other cultures and regions, we hosted three exchange students this year (German, Italian, and Swiss) --the Italian for the full year--and found the experience rewarding and enlightening.