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I am basing this story off of the Verse in the Bible “Ecclesiastes 9:9 NLT[9] Live happily with the woman you love through all the meaningless days of life that God has given you under the sun. The wife God gives you is your reward for all your earthly toil.”. God brought my wife, Jessica,…
Jessica and I were working and living inside Grand Canyon National Park. A place that became more of a home to us than I had ever felt since leaving my parents’ roof. For years Arizona and its Mountains had deeply spoken to me… A way that many other mountain ranges and states could not. It…
Between moving twice in two years, Jess and I are expecting, and acclimating to working in Colonial National Historical Park. Jess and I have not been able to get outside nearly enough. From backpacking and mountaineering to simply driving to a lake to listen to the waters dance. Although moving to this area has been…
I am basing this story off of the Verse in the Bible “Ecclesiastes 9:9 NLT[9] Live happily with the woman you love through all the meaningless days of life that God has given you under the sun. The wife God gives you is your reward for all your earthly toil.”. God brought my wife, Jessica, Read more
Wilderness is a place that speaks to many individuals though most will never experience its peace…. An experience God certainly allowed me to find on this adventure in New Mexico. I had left the Grand Canyon Village after work at the Visitor Center. Jessica had stopped by to take a walk with me and see Read more
When Jessica and I made our way to Great Basin National Park in Nevada, it was like rekindling an experience. Re-living a past adventure, yet a new story constantly evolved in front of me. My prior visit came some years prior during a non-stop adventurous birthday weekend. During this trip, I had climbed Wheeler Peak. Read more
Mount Conard Over the years I have been fortunate to climb many mountains in the California Cascade Range. The range of mountains that lead furthermore into Oregon and then Washington… Then soon after Canada. These experiences in my life came together at a point when I was hurting And God was using these special places Read more
As I get into this writing, I want to mention a Bible Verse that grasps me deeply. “Job 12:7-10 NLT[7] “Just ask the animals, and they will teach you. Ask the birds of the sky, and they will tell you. [8] Speak to the earth, and it will instruct you. Let the fish in the Read more
As I write this, I want to introduce myself as I have not in past articles. My name is Skyler Hardy, and I was born and raised in California, playing in the Sierra Nevada Mountains within the El Dorado National Forest. I began my career within the US National Parks many years ago, and over Read more
This is another trip that came to have significant meaning to myself. I waited for snow to melt and logistics to work. I waited months for this trip… The best adventures come from the most trying and patient waits. This time, we are going to the Manzano Mountain Wilderness in New Mexico’s Cibola National Forest! Read more
This story begins while I was working at Lassen Volcanic National Park in northern California. I had just my first position with the National Park Service and would be packing my car soon enough to drive to Montana. During this process I asked my good friend Nick Lemerand if he wanted to climb Mount Cleveland Read more
This Wilderness is one of the areas that quickly captivated my heart when I first came to the American Mid West. At the time of This adventure, I had taken multiple trips to the Superstition Range, in southern Arizona. Many of these were day trips, and many involved striving to climb Superstition Peak for sunset. Read more
I had spent the day at work, helping the Entrance Station at Rocky Mount National Park, more specifically, the Beaver Meadows Entrance, directly outside of Estes Park, Colorado. I had wanted to explore more of the high country in this state during this Summer season but the monsoons had a different idea. So when I Read more
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