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Name: Ben
Birthday: 4/28/1988
Gender: Male
Interests: Fly Fishing, Trail Running, Ultimate Frisbee, Rock Climbing, International Travel, Photography, etc.
Expertise: Fly Fishing
Occupation: Alaskan River Guide
Industry: Corporate America
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AIM:  benpurchiblp
Member Since:
7/12/2006
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| Alright,
Day two. My sister Gina got married to Woody Robertson last weekend-yeah, on my Birthday. It sure seemed like a big event just for a couple of people to say "I do." But, we got the job done. Plus, I'm just glad that she finally moved out of the house. (joking) The wedding was held in Holland, MI which is kind of a touristy place because of a kind of weird phenomenon (every spring about 80 million tulips bloom around town.) Personally, I think some guy is running around planting all the little buggers. Plus, I really don't see what the big deal is about a big pile of the same colored flowers.
Anyway, here are a few pictures of the grand event. As you review them, maybe you could send up a little prayer for Woody and Gina, just letting God know that the got married last week. I am really missing Gina a bunch. But, I'm happy knowing that she is in far better company! -Cheers , Ben.
   
Visit: http://www.joyjensen.com/woodylovesgina/ for more pictures!
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Wow. Um. Basically, I have neglected posting for so long that I have
recently recived death threats if I don't "pull it together." Not that
there is anyone who actually wants to know what I am doing-they just
feel bad for me because I don't have a life! So, here goes...
Last time I posted my family and I where headed out on Christmas
Vacation. We had a great trip! Denver rocked and visiting family was
really cool. My Uncle Vinny took us up to the Western Divide and we
went cruising on some of his Sleds. I got my ride stuck about fifty
times and developed some pretty sore guns. But it all worked out, and we
had a great time. I got in about 6 days of skiing with the bro.'s and
we really tore open some pretty good runs (or things we pretended to be runs until we had to hike out).
Right after we finished up Christmas we jumped into "moving mode." Which pretty much meant long hours of packing up all our junk, and trying to throw away everything that we could sneak past my mom. It seems that with time things have a tendency to accumulate beyond any reasonable necessity. Anyway, we moved out of our place in Oak Brook and got back to Texas sometime in late January. Everything went well and it is really good to be back in the One Star State again.
Um. After we settled in a bit, I headed down to the Dallas Ministry Center to work for Mike Bell as the Business Manager for his set up. People really try to give me flak for working for a girls finishing school but I am learning a lot and getting my studies out of the way at a nice clip. Other than that: Gina got Married. (ya baby!) and I went to Tahoe for spring break. But those are for another post. Sorry for all the rambling. : ( Cheers.
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| The Tsui River is kind of different from most areas of the world. There are no roads, telephones, internet, stores, or Towns. Which makes it a little challenging in the way of social events. But, your lodge developes into a close nit team—able to work with each other and then party together. When you have a problem you don't really have the choice to shut the other individual down, or just ignore them. You have to work through the issues, and hopefully not hate your room mate the next day.
Anyway, here is a picture of the Tsiu River Team. (From left to right) JD, Darsi, Gregg, Mike, Dan, Chrystal, Reid, me, and Chaos.
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| Well, around a week after arriving, I got my first clients. John and Neil Anderson, where some great guys from Washington that tought me about everything I needed to know to guide. Both had guided on the Columbia and Snake Rivers and Neil guided up in Michigan for something around 10 years. They rode me hard and helped me smooth out all the rough areas in my "presentation."
Basically, my job was taking clients from the lodge, down to the river, putting them "on" fish, and then making sure they caught as many as physically possible. When they caught a fish, I released it and showed them where to cast for the next one. I love my job. If they were'nt on fish then I had to move them, or teach them how to catch them.
My Ride
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