Jason Moved Back To Hardin

My son has moved back to Hardin.  He has been living in Oxnard California for the past six years with his bride Jeni of six years.  This move was Jason with all his in laws, well most of them.

In September, Jeni, her aunt Susan and grandfather Tom made the two day trip up to Hardin so that they could look at houses to buy.  This was a very impromptu drive, all of them were tired of living in California with all the hustle and bustle and just trying to make ends meet.  They found a house in Hardin that would fit their needs, 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and the price was decent.  I think it was too much for Hardin.  They were here for three days looking at a couple houses, Gary and I went with them.  They said we would know what to look for living up here.  In fact it was Grandpa who bought the house.  The one they settled on is at 420 W. 5th St.  It's a real nice older home, has a full basement, the main floor and a second floor.  A good sized fenced yard for their dogs and a single car garage. The basement has two rooms that can be made into bedrooms.  There are two bedrooms on the main floor and two bedrooms upstairs.  It is a very charming house.

It took a while to get their loan approved, but they got it.  Five of them made the two day trip to Hardin with 10 pets, 5 cats and 5 dogs.  The ones who moved up here are Jason, Jeni, Susan, Grandpa and Jeni's uncle Tommy.  They sure had a hard time getting here with troubles with the moving van.

They had the big moving van pulling Grandpa's car, Susan's suburban pulling a small U-Haul trailer.  They left on a Wednesday. They got to Vegas when the troubles started.  The front alignment on the moving van was out of whack, so they ended up spending their first night in Vegas.  Didn't get as far as they wanted but at least they were able to get it fixed there.

I warned them about weather, because we were having the first snow storm of the season and it was a bugger.  Blowing snow, freezing roads and driving was a bit hazardous.  I was a bit worried about them heading up here in this stuff because they have no experience at all.

Thursday they got off to a good start but in Southern Utah they ran into high winds which rocked the moving van so had to go slow, then around Salt Lake they ran into the snow storm that we had the day before.  According to Jeni it was a hellacious storm.  They ended up spending the night in Salt Lake, they wanted to make it as far as Idaho.

Friday they got off to another good start, it was sunny and roads were melting.  Roads up here were dry by this time.  We picked up the keys to their house but with their delays they didn't get here when I was home.  I had to go to my tae kwon do class in Billings, but Jennifer was home to give them the keys.

I got a phone call from Jeni around 7:30 pm on Friday, the moving van had a tire blow out on the car trailer by Columbus, Jason and Uncle Tommy were in the moving van, the others were in Susan's car.  Help was on the way.  Nothing I could do anyway.  Was glad to hear that they had heat, nothing wrong with the moving van. 

We got to town around 9:30 pm.  Jeni had sent me a text wondering if they could borrow our air mattress, the other one they needed was in the moving van.  No problem took it over to them.  Jeni was surprised that the guys weren't in Hardin yet.  I told her that where they were help was about an hour away, then time to change a tire and then about a 1 1/2 hour drive to Hardin, it would be late.

Jason and Uncle Tommy got to Hardin around 12:30 am.  Jason said it took 3 hours before help arrived.  But they all made it safe and sound.

They have been here for a week now and getting settled in.  They are still unpacking boxes and figuring out where they want things.  They are a bit cold, but wait until next week when temperatures dip below zero.

They are in the process of getting their license plates, driver's license and their pet licensed here.  They had to buy a washer & dryer and a new stove which will be delivered on Monday.

We had lunch with Jason and Grandpa Tom on Tuesday with Mom, Susan and Jeni were on their way to Cheyenne to return the moving van.  They rented from Penske as it was $2000 cheaper than U-Haul.  Cheyenne was the closest town to return the Penske.  It would have been cheaper to rent the U-Haul, at least more convenient.

So far everyone in enjoying living in Hardin, but I'm sure that will wear off when winter really sets in.  I think Grandpa will adjust just fine, but I think the others will have a harder time.