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Wild Perseverance – Walking with your Spouse into the Backcountry

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,…

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  • From the first time I stepped foot in the American Mid West I was captivated.  It holds the beautiful place I met my wife and the Mountains that keep calling my name!  On this occasion, I had tried multiple times to access Pine Mountain Wilderness.  A Wilderness Area that falls partially within Arizona’s Prescott National 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

  • This story is unique like all of them.  As every adventure is beautiful in its own regard!  Jessica and I’s friends Justin came down from Idaho to enjoy the Grand Canyon National Park backcountry.  The initial plan was for the three of us to explore Cedar Mountain… A summit near the East Side of Grand Read more

  • On this occasion, Jessica and I were visiting family in El Paso, Texas. We had left the Grand Canyon for about two weeks. I asked Jess if we could go backpacking in Guadalupe Mountains National Park. The National Park that boasts the highest mountain in Texas! I had booked our Backcountry Permit on Recreation.gov and 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

  • My Wife Jessica and I had planned to go to New Mexico and backpack. Due to the weather, we changed our sites to Great Basin National Park in Nevada.  The Photograph above is one of my favorite Photographs I have taken to date!  Jess came up with the composition!  The weather is notably better than Read more