Just an hour south of Vancouver, welcome to our home in Bellingham, Washington. We live in a simple and comfortable 1924 Craftsman in a warm residential neighborhood near the downtown core. The house has 3 bedrooms, 2 of which are upstairs with a new bathroom. The downstairs is smartly decorated with a mix of modern furniture/art and period styling. There is a grand piano in the living room for your playing pleasure and a formal dining room in which to share a meal after your day exploring the natural environs of the area. The kitchen is ample and well-equiped as we enjoy cooking most of our meals at home. The back door leads down to the back slate patio ready for BBQ. This area is private, shrouded behind black bamboo and a giant Japanese Maple. There is quality patio dining furniture for use during your summer.

For an overview of Bellingham itself, check:

http://www.bellingham.org/

Living near downtown, we often ride our bicycles (available to you) to the local indie movie theater or to one of the many nice restaurants (The best mole outside of Mexico can be found at Taco Lobo!) From downtown, you can go a step further to one of a number of great waterfront parks in Bellingham. Or you could step into the historical Fairhaven section on the southside for great shopping (Can't beat the independent Village Books). From Fairhaven, get on a foot ferry to the San Juans or Victoria on Vancouver Island, or maybe go whale watching. You could take one of the charter sail boats in town for an evening cruise.

If you are into sporting activities, kitesurf or kayak on the bay, mt. bike on Galbraith Mt. on the east side of town, run the trails of Chuckanut Mt. or walk the greenways of Bellingham itself. We have tons of parks for you and your family to play in.

Now go East...Washington Route 542, Mt. Baker Highway and the North Cascades. Amazing range. The snowboarding/skiing opportunities at our local mountain, Mt. Baker are fantastic. On a clear day, bask under the peaks of Mt. Shuksan and Mt. Baker itself. Summer hiking and climbing is tremendous, too.

Shoot north 1 hour to land in Vancouver, a world-class city. Day trips to this fun town are easy and the cultural choices are amazing...from UBC's facinating Anthropology Museum which highlights First Nations' Art to great shows at the Commodore. Carry on another 1.5 hours to Whistler.

Finally, go south. Consistently one of the highest rated cruising byways in the U.S. for scenery is Chuckanut Drive. It drops you down into scenic Bow and Edison with some fantastic bakeries and pubs.

Or go south on Interstate-5, 1.5 hours to Seattle. More great music, food, museums and sports fun.

Again, we think it is fun to do 2 or 3 day exchanges to destnations within driving distances...a weekend in Vancouver, Whislter or Victoria? Withrop...Mazama....or ?

School teacher and firefighter...summer is best, but spring break, 1st full week of April is good. We travel loads in the summer, so we can be flexible with non-simultaneous exchanges.

Open to any dates

Pretty Open for Now. Europe, South America, New Zealand, Australia would be nice...or?

Otherwise, we think it is fun to do 2 or 3 day exchanges to destnations within driving distances...a weekend in Vancouver, Whislter or Victoria? Withrop...Mazama....or ?

We are a family of 3. Colin is a firefighter/EMT for the City of Bellingham and Stephanie is an elementary teacher and our son is a wee lad of 3.

We love our home and take good care of it. We hope to match with folks who will treat it likewise. For what it's worth, we are open to hosting folks while we're here as well. If that happens in the summer, we have a bay boat to head out to the San Juan islands. We mountain bike, road bike, trail run, hike, kite surf and climb a bit and could show you around in those areas, too.

Wo hui shuo yi dian Zhong Wen. Ru guo ninmen lai women jia, women ke yi gei ninmen jie shao zamen zhi! Xie Xie

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