F'n Mtn :(

Not my exact sentiment, but it was something that AES wrote on one of the lathes we picked up today. We thought it was pretty funny.

So, yes, it seems as though second day on the job is designated mountain climbing day. We were up in the fog all day today and went over a lot of rocks. It was a lot more fun than climbing Sharp (I think), but that might just be because I like to pretend I climb like a mountain goat. I didn't feel the burn as much on this little mountain, but I definitely had the shakes long before we were done.

It's okay being back, I guess. The first day back, I thought I had realized that I didn't want to do this, but it's going okay now that I'm back into it. We're redoing a line that another crew (AES) cut because they didn't have a very accurate GPS, so it's quite crooked. Davy worked one day with us (yesterday), but I guess he quit, so we were one person short today. I'm a bit disappointed in him, but I guess I don't know the full story, so I can't judge. BUT, because of being short a person, I finally wielded a chainsaw today (only when Tom went to fix the base). Now I'm a REAL line cutter.

We were weathered in at the Weathered Inn until about 10:30 today. We tried going out at 7:30 as usual, but it was too foggy up in the hills to set up our base station. We saw a lot of ptarmigan while we were up on the mountain today, so that was fun... except it made me hungry.

I think that cousin Kyle is to be our bear guard soon, so it'll be fun to have him around. The other good thing is that, even though he just went on break yesterday, Nils is back to fill our empty spot, so I'll get to spend time with both of my cousins :)

Hrm. I can't think of a lot else to say right now. Oh, I have a room mate this time, Honalee, she's a bit older, but she's laid back and I'm having an okay time talking with her.

Oh, and I love cheese. That's all.