Housing Prospects!

While out geocaching today with Eric, Ruth and I did run across a few possible affordable places to live.  Up here housing is so expensive, so we have really been trying hard to find an affordable, but nice place for us to lay our heads.

Here are a few places we found today.

This is option one.  This one rents for $1,200/month.  It is small, but it looks very cozy.  The price is okay, and the best part is the great view of a Halliburton Frac site right out the back picture window.  It is about 5 miles north of town with a great southern exposure.  Utilities are not existent, but we could probably tap into that light tower in the backyard. 

This is option two, it is much more spacious, but does come with a hefty price tag of $2,000/month.  It does have more than one room, and also has electricity and a fireplace.    The view is not as great as the frac site, but it does have a great view of a large cattle farm, and when the wind is right, you might even be able to smell the countryside.   This one as well is about 5 miles north of town.  Some work would be needed to remove the graffiti off of the walls, but hey, it would be worth it.  

Please weigh in with which option you think we should go with...it really is a super hard decision. 

Random pictures from the last few weeks

It has been a crazy last few weeks, with me going home to visit, coming back, going back again to grab Ruth etc etc etc.  Its been fun, exciting, and tiring all at the same time.  I thought I would just post some pictures of things that have happened around here lately.

Ruth:  I am very happy to be up here with Kevin.  I am very excited to start a new adventure, and a new chapter in our lives together.  Although I am saddened to leave all of my friends and family behind, I am also happy that they are there to support us in our new life. 

 This was the view Friday morning....Ruth took a few nice pics.

 The view out the bathroom window

 This is a blurry view of Minneapolis at night.  This was taken  on my way back to Williston after my trip home.

 Ruth and my Dad making sure the grill was all ready for the trip from Ripon to Williston.

 This is the cheesecake Ruth made for us a few days after she moved in...mmmmmm.

 I swear the RSC yard was built over a swamp.  Our pavement is tore up beyond being usable...we tried sneaking this one out the back door through the grass..you can see how that turned out.  The backhoe pulled it right out.

 Ruth and I did a little Geocaching yesterday...here is Ruth with one of the signed logs.

Ruth and I are die-hard Brewers fans.  

GO BREWERS!!!!!

This picture was just taken.  The game was rained out yesterday, so now Ruth is all ready for the double header today!  

Another Post From Wisconsin

Currently I am sitting here in Ripon...again, so soon, you ask?  I am actually here to pick up my lovely bride, so I can take her back to North Dakota with me.  I will soon be a full time/permanent employee in Williston.  I am so happy that I will have her with me, but we are also both saddened about permanently moving away from our friends and family. 

Right now we are just grabbing the things that we both must have, but are leaving most of our things behind.  Right now we will be living in the provided housing, which is such a blessing.  Once we find our own place(if possible) we will come back and grab all of our things such as furniture and larger items. 

We are really looking forward to this great opportunity, and chance for new and exciting adventures.   

We will now both post to this blog, about our lives out west.  I will get Ruth to makes posts as well

Once again, we love care packages, and we love sending them too.

We will keep in touch as always, please use the chat box, and comments section to chat it up. 

Next time.....from North Dakota.