Last Saturday, Sarah and I went on a hike to Point Reyes, and it was beautiful. The hike was about eight miles long, and we hiked right out to the ocean. Along the way we saw some wild hares as well as the "elusive" mountain beaver; it was very cute.
Last Thursday, we went to see a lecture on the UC Davis campus put on by the Veritas Forum; the lecture was given by author and astronomer Guillermo Gonzalez on "The Privileged Planet". The presentation was pretty technical and had LOTS of information; he basically showed all the of the "coincidences" of Earth's placement in the universe, solar system, and axis, how everything is perfect for intelligent life, and how astronomers have not found a single planet in the universe that has our same properties. One of the school's religious studies professors was quoted as saying that a lecture of this kind was "unscientific". We walked out of the lecture saying to ourselves," that was probably the MOST scientific lecture we have ever heard." We loved it and hope to see more lectures from the Veritas Forum.
THANKSGIVING IS HERE! We are spending the day with the Kenney family this year. It will just be a few of us this year; Mom, Dad, Jason, Grandma Campbell and us. We are having Thanksgiving 2 tomorrow with some friends from church, so that should be fun too.
Oh, and this post was brought to you by our brand-new iMac. :)
