Go to Point Reyes with Lauren and Leo, or the Cal homecoming game? That was the decision of the day. And a tough one for me. But I made the right one, cause the trip to Pt. Reyes was awesome, and Cal ended up loosing.

While Leo and Lauren did a site analysis for their architecture project, I walked down 300 steps to the Point Reyes lighthouse. While goin down the really steep steps, I actually walked out of the fog that was rolling in and on to the edge huge cliff jutting out to the Pacific. There, you feel like your at the end of the world, must have been quite an expirience to live in that lighthouse when it was built in the 1870s. I talked to an older lady visiting from Norway as we made the long climb up to the top of the cliff. She was stunned that we had seals in the Pacific ocean. I like how people are so friendly out on the trails.

After that I convinced Leo and Lauren to go to the Tule Elk Reserve on the other side of the park because I read a whiteboard at the visitor center that said it was "rutting" season for the elk. (Which I guess is when the males fight each other with their antlers.) The prospect of elk locking horns was enough to get Leo and lauren to want to go. We took the 45 minute drive to get to that side of the park, and as soon as we entered the reserve we saw elk. No rutting, but that didn't matter, elk are cool.

At the reserve, we took a long run down to a large beach, there were like two other people there. It is one of the most stunning beaches I've ever been too. Huge rocky crags jutting out into the sea, a wide strech of sand, grayish blue water, surrounded by tall orange cliffs. Awesome. We climbed around the rocks for a while, relaxed, ran around, and just had a great time.

We left the beach after the sun had set, and by the time we got to the car it was dark and the fog had rolled in. As we were driving back to civilization, it was like we were on a safarri, we saw silouttes of lots of deer, owls flying along side the car, a rabbitt cross the street, and lots and lots of cows.

All in all, it was a great escape from Berkeley, I am so glad I went. Yeah.