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Originally posted by Dave Bowers:
I still stop by every now and then to see the absolutely extraordinary job Bill has done with the website. Wow, I will tell you I'm greatly impressed. However, one thing that almost brings tears to my eye are the great GTG's and that they have been so successful. It just goes to show that the Barthmobile model of relationship oriented rallys rather intensive activity oriented rallys works. I see a lot of happy faces in the many pictures and especially the images of some great Barth Coaches.

Everything is doing well. As many of you recall I have been playing guitar since I was a kid and have been doing more of that than ever. I now play at least once a week usually more. Most are free gigs for senior citizens which is something I am approaching rapidly. SSN starts in October but I still work 40 hours in an enjoyable kinda play job.

An update for those who are interested. Rachel my 16 year old neighbor girl(and daughter Libby's BFF) who put the website together is now a journalist and has articles nationwide in Scientific American, National Geographic and many others http://www.readwriterachel.com/ .

My daughter Libby just received her masters degree in Hindi, Urdu and Arabic languages from the University of Texas, Austin and is leaving here this afternoon for a job with the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency in Washington DC. I still can't figure out what they "really" do. I just hope she doesn't end up as a CIA assassin. She and Rachel and her boy friend will be living together 15 blocks from the White House. Watch out Washington..

Any way, keep doing what you are doing, it is obviously working out very well.

And as I used to end every message,

God Bless and Pleasant Journeys,

Dave Bowers