First Day on the Pebble Project

So, funny story, I'm being housed at a place called Gram's B&B here in Iliamna. On the sign it says the proprietors are Elia and Myrtle Anelon.... hmm.... that sounds familiar. Oh, by the way, we have wireless. Surprise? Probably not, since I'm posting this. And aside from Davie Alvarez being on my team, Willie Mike is also working around here somewhere (not line-cutting, but I see him at meals). I didn't leave King Salmon until around 3 today and the pilot assumed since my last name was Hill, that I would be going to Kokhanok. Boy did I surprise him. And as soon as I got in, I had about 3 hours of training... only about a half hour of which was talk, the rest was watching some videos. I also got the walkthrough of one of the helicopters - have to do the other two in the morning. It sounds like my team got through a lot of tough brush today, so now it's going to be a lot of walking up and down hills. What joy! Not really. I'll be ok... and at the very least have strong legs by the end of two weeks. These Pebble people are sure good at making you think they're good guys. And I guess I don't think they're so bad... this is actually helping to still a few of my fears. And I guess I can't really say "these Pebble people," because for the time being - I'm one of them.