BEN'S TRIPS

Ben has had quite a few road trips lately; one for Business, one for Family, and one for Fun.

 He went to Vegas for a business seminar for Channel Advisor (a company he works closely with).  This was two days of lectures and speakers about the online advertising market. Ben was invited to have a formal sit down dinner with the CEO's and high-ups of the other companies. He said they ate at a very fancy restaurant and had a 6 course meal (which he said was probably around $300/person).  It was a very informative trip (with little sleep) but he said it was fun. Ben is planning another business trip next week to Boston.

Ben's cousin, Daniel Nichols, got married Sat April 28th in Utah. Ben drove out Friday with his parents for the wedding. They got to stay with Jer and Heidi and their family and go to church with them Sunday. Then they came home on Monday- it was a whirl wind trip but he is really glad they went to be supportive. 

Danny Gibson got transferred (for the Marines) from California to North Carolina for some special training. He had to drive one of his car's out there and find a place for his family to live. On his way through Colorado he picked up Ben to keep him company on the road. They had a fun time together doing 'guy' things. One of the best parts of the trip was the BBQ. Everywhere they stopped they tried the BBQ; they even spent (waited) an hour in Kansas City looking for a 'real' bbq place (aka a whole in the wall where only locals go). As always, Ben loved hanging out with Danny and really enjoyed just having a relaxing trip.