Chris & Jen Hyer
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| Location | Anchorage, Alaska, United States |
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| Introduction | Jen is originally from Manitowoc, Wisconsin, where her folks (Kathy and Dick Burger) still live. She went to college at University of St.Thomas in St.Paul, Minnesota where she majored in "Pre-Med" and "Justice and Peace Studies." After undergrad, she did AmeriCorps VISTA volunteering in Sitka, Alaska for the year. This is where and when she fell in love with both the state of Alaska and her Alaskan man, Chris. Chris is born and raised Alaskan, where his folks (Terry & Erin) still live in Anchorage. His younger brother, Travis, works for Fish and Game in Fairbanks. He went to college for a while at WSU in Washington, then finished up his degree in Elementary Education at University of Alaska Anchorage. Chris and Jen then FINALLY lived in the same place when they both moved to Portland, Oregon for Jen to do medical school. They lived on their boat for 4 years while there, first a tugboat and then a sailboat. Chris worked at REI in Portland. After a wonderful life as live-aboards in Portland, they shoved off for a 2 month cruise up the Inside Passage to Alaska. They now live in Anchorage, Alaska; where Jen is a Family Medicine resident and Chris works at REI. |
| Interests | Sailing, hiking, exploring new destinations, collecting new experiences, reading, travel, road-trippin, cross-country skiing, enjoying good coffee, home brewing beer, journaling, photography, watching nature, being with friends and family, sitting around a campfire, wilderness medicine, family medicine |
| Favorite Movies | A River Runs Through It, A Mighty Wind, Best In Show, The Deadliest Catch series, The Office series, Love Actually, Whale Rider, The Illusionist, Elizabethtown, Wind, Amelie, Garden State, Little Miss Sunshine |
| Favorite Music | Bluegrass and an odd assortment of local music picked up while travelling |
| Favorite Books | Dove (Graham), High Endeavours (Clark), Trekka (Guzzwall), Last Child in the Woods (Louv), Eat Pray Love (Gilbert), Stalking the Divine (Ohlson), The Heart of Christianity (Borg), Beyond the Sky and The Earth (Zeppa), First Light (Sue Monk Kidd), Small Wonder (Kingsolver), If God is Love (Gulley), The Awakening (Chopin), Grayson (Cox) |