We spent a good amount of the day in Miles City- the closest "metropolis" with all of 8,487 people! There's a Wallmart, Albertsons, Wendy's, Taco John's (no Bell though, much to Stephan's dismay), and a few other nice amenities (a movie theatre playing second-run movies). We stopped at Pizza Hut and a coffee place, then a trip to Wallmart. The moon is out tonight, and is huge and beautiful.
In housing news, we looked at the $32,000 "fixer upper" here in Baker. Not too shabby. Actually, the first floor was amazing! Great shape, huge kitchen and living room, with a dining room AND a large windowed front porch. There's a bathroom on that floor with the washer and dryer right in it.
The catch (here, there is always a catch) is... major sewer problems in the basement. In fact, we were really glad for the cold weather, as we were slipping on frozen sewage walking through the downstairs. There are 2 bedrooms, one bathroom, and a workshop in the basement- all very good sized. BUT there is the sewage problem.
There was that moment when we looked at each other and said, "Hey, this isn't that bad." And that's how we knew it was pretty bad. We have one more to look at this week, $15,000 in Plevna. Another "fixer upper" we've been told.
Tomorrow is Stephan's first day at the Fallon Medical Center. They are letting him come home early to watch the Bears beat the Colts. We hung a Bears flag on the fence next to our car to claim that little bit of driveway for Chicago.
Go Bears!
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