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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…
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 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 adventure brought Justin and me to a part of California neither of us had ever been before. The adventure started off like many others. Once I got out of work I headed out with a pre-packed backpack and Jeep. The plan this time was to meet Justin in Williams, Arizona; he was driving from Read more
To be mystified is an understatement of what someone might feel coming face to face with the shadow of a mountain. The views from a thrown only God could have illustrated. The peace of a space only a seeker could truly find. I found South Warner Wilderness while working in Lassen Volcanic National Park. I Read more
I was working as a Lead Server at Stovepipe Wells Village in Death Valley National Park. It had been a long work week and I had set my sites on a cowboy camping adventure above Tree Line. I had pre-packed my Jeep with gear for the weekend, and once I was out of work,k, I Read more
This story brings us to the high-elevation country of California’s Yosemite National Park. I had just wrapped up a seasonal position in Yellowstone National Park, working at the historical Roosevelt Lodge. I soon found myself on an adventure I had been thinking about all summer. I had just purchased a new car, a little Kia Read more
Justin, Nick, and I have a friendship that goes years back. At one point in time, we all lived and worked together at Grand Canyon National Park. The home was a small cabin beside the Maswik Lodge inside the National Park. At the time working for Xanterra Travel Collection (a National Park Concessionaire). After many Read more
Similar to the beginning of another story I wrote on here recently, Jess and I had planned to go to New Mexico. This time we actually did but hit a roadblock. My 2015 Jeep Cherokee after many years of kinship and adventurous travel finally began to have some large issues. Oliver the Jeep began to Read more
Dear reader, this story starts like many others that I have from this season of life. At the time I worked at Stovepipe Wells Village inside of Death Valley National Park in California. I was working many hours in a restaurant in the village and to save money I was exploring the endless mountain summits Read more
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