After the first winter ended that just stayed there. Realoading the game didn’t work.
They are probably recovering from the cold exposure still.
You where right. They went out at the beginning of the 3rd month, but… isn’t it wrong? I mean, they went home 2 months before the new year, which makes it about 4 months of sitting there.
Well they did spend 3 of those months nearly freezing to death, haha.
Seems like I didn’t notice this mechanic leading to such a consequence at early stages in the game.