An old sedan parked outside during a snow storm in Brooklyn, Wisconsin.

Finding a place to stay in Havre is proving more difficult than I thought.

Housing in Havre is inexpensive by Wisconsin standards, but finding someone with a place to rent is much more of a premium. I also need a place with a garage so I can store my truck and motorcycle. Temperatures in the plains can drop to as low as 30 degrees below zero (before calculating the wind chill) and in the summer days are often over 90 degrees.

I also need a place willing to accept Steve (the cat). I don’t know why anyone would object to Steve. He sleeps a lot, and unlike other cats, he is now accustomed to sleeping at night. He is talkative, but still very obedient as far as cats go.

I have a lead on one place, but there are 13 other applicants ahead of me. It is 1/4 the size of the house I live in now, but Steve and I don’t need a big place. There is a shed outside to store my motorcycle, but no place to park my truck under a roof…only an electrical outlet “to plug my truck into in the winter.”

I don’t even know if my truck has a plug.