Things are about to heat up now that the outdoors is cooling down, dramatically i should say. We have officially started work at Target as lowly cashiers. It’s actually not to bad. I get to interface with the lovely target crowd, see that odds and eds people are willing to shell out thier hard earned money for, offer them a credit card that they should NOT get and wink at dan every once and a while. The downside is merely sore feet and back from standing up all day. I think it will be just fine for us while we wait to start the kayaking again.
dan has another interview tonight and i am to meet with Santa tomorrow about the prospects of working as one of his elves at the mall for the season. should be fun.
hopefully we will be working 60 hours a week each. that should help us stay EXTREMELY busy, but also be able to save some money for the rest of the journey. lets hope.

Hello Bethany and Dan,
My name is Nathan Maurais. My brother Laurier and his wife Lori live in NC and go to your church. They contacted me to say that you guys were in Portland ME for the winter. First of all, Welcome to Maine! Secondly, would the two of you be interested in meeting up with us for a coffee in Porltand some time? By us, I mean my wife Melissa and our two month old son Edwin. Any way, drop us a line if you are interested. 207-892-5670 is our home phone, or you can e mail any time Hopefully we’ll talk soon.
Nate