After a prolonged period of being vagabonds, Susan and I finally arrived in the Cache Valley and its largest city, Logan. For the first couple days, we lived out of a Best Western so obviously made finding a permanent residence our priority.
Our first full day in Logan, we setup some tours of apartments and townhomes. We also attempted to look at some houses for rent, but they were harder to coordinate. However, none of this mattered since we jumped on the first visit and decided to forego our search and just move in as soon as possible. What made this site such a slam dunk in our minds was a combination of factors: the flashiness of a brand new (and still under construction) complex, the packaging of cable and internet making it available as soon as we moved in (good for my work), and the views available in ready to move in units. Oh yeah, and they threw in a free 42” flat screen TV which filled another need we had before getting settled. By Friday, less than 2 days after our arrival, we were moved in to our new digs. If only we had furniture.
Our new home 
The complex is not quite finished
To fill the furnishing need, we hit garage sales, Wal-Mart, and thrift stores hard and had almost all the essentials covered by the end of the weekend. We also began cooking again (it’s been so long) with our new open kitchen. The rest of the weekend was spent taking in the views of the Bear River mountain range staring at us through the window/on the balcony.
From our balcony 
Jeff & Derby looking out at the mountains
On Sunday, I went to a hike with the Logan Hiking Club and took in some of the scenery available in the Logan Canyon. Unfortunately Susan was not feeling 100% so sat this trip out. However she made it up later (and made me jealous) by attending a midweek hike while I was working. Luckily, she actually remembered to take her camera AND memory card so I got to enjoy the pictures. Other activities for our first full week in Logan included the Cache Valley Gardener’s Market (Saturday), celebrating a holiday we previously were unaware of—Pioneer Day, with a parade and fireworks (Tuesday), dinner at a local brew-pub and seeing The Dark Knight Rises (Wednesday), and attending That Famous Preston Night Rodeo in Idaho (Thursday). We will be covering some of these activities in separate posts which will be far more picture heavy.
To catch up to the present, we joined in the Olympic fun this weekend watching the opening ceremonies and watching our friend compete in women’s rowing. She will be rowing again on Wednesday and we will be awake SUPER early to watch her race for gold (Go Sara(h)s!). Otherwise, the weekend was spent relaxing, trail running and biking (for Jeff), and trip to the Willow Park Zoo. We crammed in as much as possible to our first week or so since Susan starts work in the middle of this week.
Our pool/outdoor area 
Go Sara(h)s!! Projecting NBC online to our new TV
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