Babcock Family Forum

The Brotherhood met at the McCloud Preserve July 2-8, and a grand time was had by all! Judy and Russ, Ada, Dominique, Ann, Michaela and Deirdre, and Jordan and Andy were all there too! We ate well, drank some, played, fished, did some honeydo, swam, scrabble, ate some more, fished again, hiked, etc. It was great that Russ's trip to a conference in Santa Barbara was the catalist, and that he could take a week then for this reunion. It had been 9 years since the brothers were all together.
We hope to repeat the reunion at Christmas, when all of the rest of the family will be able to be in Salt Lake.
The McCloud is a wonderful place to meet. It is an hour from the town, and about a 10 minute walk from road end. Solar DC power, no TV, good water, cool nights, fine accomidations, and fabulous hosts: Chris and Ada. Thanks Chris and Ada for planning and managing such a unique and wonderful week for us.
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We love you!
Now for the pictures!

Some really great pictures mom and dad. It was a really great time too, will have to try and make it a regular thing!

here are a couple of photos from the week.

Here are a few of my pictures.

I had a great time with everyone and can't wait to see you all again soon. Chris and Ada you were wonderful hosts, thank you so much for everything. You're good folks to know.

I think I finally ended up feeling the effects of the poison oak, a few little weepy bumps on my calves and shins. they don't itch too bad. On the other hand it could be I'm just allergic to work........

Michaela got the mother of all poison oak. She is not that itchy but it's getting really crusty looking. Lots of cortisone and vaseline.

Nice one Michaela, mine isn't nearly that ugly, but I do have hairier legs!

Jordan got some really wicked poison oak too. Andy came through unscathed and I just had one spot. Jordan's is about cleared up now.

I edited my video from the trip.

Check it out.
download it here.
(right click to save linked movie)

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This was really great to see! i had forgotten you had taken some video - you have done a lot of work on it and its come out very well. I was wondering whether there was something wrong with me for a while, cos I thought my harp playing sounded a bit different but then I realised you had layered the sound from a couple of different songs! We'll have to do it again guys and make sure we actually get some trout footage!

It was tough to find long enough segments of uninterrupted harp playing, without vocals, so I had to splice some segments together. Still you can hear Jon going, "What?" over and over like he's on stuck. Nice playing though!

a kids eye view