All Those Stories About The Challenges Of Moving To Williston ...

... 70 y/o Californian finds a new home, and loves it....

The Dickinson Press is reporting:

Californian Marvin Smith got a second wind at 70 and decided to move to North Dakota to chase one more oil boom.

Smith knew his days as a derrickhand were long behind him, but he thought he was still healthy enough to work in the oilfield.
 
Smith, of Woodbridge, Calif., has a pension but would like to supplement that income, as well as enter the workforce again. That led him to Williston.

“I’m really tired of fishing and I want to go back to work,” Smith said.

The job search has taken longer than Smith expected. He’s lived in Williston about seven weeks and continues to sleep in his pickup. He found temporary work as a carpenter and recently lined up a maintenance job.

Smith plans to work toward renewing his commercial driver’s license while he does maintenance work.

During his downtime in Williston, Smith gets out his guitar and plays gospel music around town. He plays for dinners that Life Church Assembly of God hosts weekly for newcomers to Williston and plans to play for workers at a crew camp.