He smiled as the door opened. "Earl, that is. And you are Jason and Karen? Seems like we have quite the discussion on our hands. What's the plan as it currently stands?" He looked over to the piles of maps and books that were spread across the table. They were obviously taking this pretty seriously. "Remind me again, why not just grab a couple vehichals and just plow our way along the roads?" 

Earl had been thinking about it more, and he was certain he wanted to go. But he would rather walk to Canada rather than get on a horse. He turned around to see Karen in some sort of a daze. "Hey, Karen. Karen?"