Mt. Doom

So, I realize that is has been almost a month since our last post. We are still in Erua and are having to pay for internet. Right now I am at the library in a nearby town. Jesse and I are in town getting the remaining fixings for the lasagna that i am making for us all tonight. Pretty much the entire time that I haven't written we have been under heavy cloud cover and it has been raining non-stop. Today is the first time in a while that we've seen the sun. Tomorrow is also supposed to be nice. We are planning on hiking the Tongariro Crossing tomorrow, which is a 17 Kilomoter hike up a mountain and through a valley. It is supposed to take about 8 hours. We will see!! There is another American couple help X-ing at the lodge and also a Japanese male. Compared to our first lodge experience I would have to say that I would like to leave. Jesse wants to stick around until we find a job. Due to the unseasonably cold weather and heavy rainfall finding a job in an orchard or vineyard may be troublesome.
Well, as it has been many times before, my time online is now up. Hope that you all are well and I will write again (sooner than last time=:) )