March 15, 2004, 7:00 p.m.

brought our two year project to a close.

PICTURES and RECIPES


We met in the Library, which has been our meeting place for:

**Our Voyagers gathering to mourn the passing of the crew of the Columbia Shuttle.

The Columbia disaster occurred the morning after our NASA teleconference. We will never forget the personal care our NASA scientists gave us that day.

**Our gathering to hear and experience a hands on exhibit and presentation by Peter Geery, regarding the Discovery Expedition Reenactment . 

He made us all feel like we were on that trip as well, with all the original props he brought for us to touch and feel. 

He passed away suddenly a week after we talked to him.  We mourned his passing as well.



**Our gathering for a unique and incredible, phone/Internet link up with Dr. Ray Arvidson at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. 

Dr. Arvidson, our distinguished senior advisor, and Chairman of the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis Missouri, is also the Deputy Principal Investigator of the Athena Science Payload, the package of scientific instruments that will be carried by both rovers during the Mars Exploration Rover mission, made the rover expedition of Spirit and Opportunity very real and personal for our Barretts Fifth Graders.

**Our gathering to celebrate our Voyage of a Lifetime.

We started at 7 p.m. and were treated to an authentic tasting feast prepared by Barretts own, Michelle Johnson of Michelle's Cafe and Catering in Eureka, Missouri.

We viewed a variety of special technology presentations we have made that were unique.

such as:

**The DVD, with music, made by a Voyager, Patrick Burks using film his Dad took on our Columbia Bottoms Journey.

Our web site has a small portion of this DVD

**The introduction of our Web Site, a dynamic, changing site, which means additions and deletions will occur regularly.


**Individual Voyager Presentations of Lewis and Clark Corp Members.

**A time of awards and celebration.


It is always hard to bring a journey to a close and say so long.

it is always important to pause, reflect and then

move on to another journey.

Bon Voyage to all of You

Our deepest thanks to everyone for making this dream

a reality.