This has been a tremendous week of visiting with both sets of parents. My father was here to participate in my Commissioning Ceremony. My dad, who is retired 33 years from the military, was the one who issued me my first ceremonial salute. It was great.
Shari's folks have been here as well. One of the really cool experiences we have had with everyone was the trip into the South Hills to see the Humming Birds.
There is a group of researchers that are here every year to 'Catch" the birds and "band" them and take measurements and read the information on the existing band of those they catch that are already banded. It is an incredible process. The tiny little bands weigh nearly nothing. The gentleman told us it would take 5,000 little bands to weigh only one ounce. That is tiny.
But one of the best parts of the trip is when they take the humming bird and put in your hand and let it sit there until he is ready to fly off. Really Cool!
To see the intense details of a humming bird and to see how something that small has the ability to travel at such high speeds and such great distances with such amazing accuracy is unmistakably God at work. Wow!
-John
