Welcome to the 2008 edition of the annual ECU Barbeque at the Ranch. If you made it on Saturday, May 3rd, it was really great to see you. If you missed it, well, you missed a good time; enjoy the pictures and mark your calendar for next year.

As usual, Lisa and Richard went far far above and beyond as our gracious and excellent hosts for the event. The food was superb, the weather magnificent, and the people ... the people just don't get any better than the faculty, students, alumni, and friends of the ECU Department of Geological Sciences. We all owe a special thank you to "The Revelators" who provided excellent live music throughout the day. Good job, folks! These things just keep getting better and better every year.

Now comes the catch ... YOU get to participate here. Instead of me providing captions and a list of people in each picture, you get to do it. Use the "Add Comment" button at the bottom of each photo page. There will be recognition, and a prize (tbd), for whoever can be first to correctly identify the most people (ya gotta get 'em all, ya gotta be first, but spelling WILL count against you) and provide the best caption suggestions. (NOTE: I will moderate the comments - meaning they won't appear immediately - so please be patient, and only click once. I do this to weed out the spambots and trolls, and to insure at least a small degree of appropriateness.)