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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…
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 adventure begins with a drive from Grand Canyon Village to Phoenix, Arizona, to pick up my little sister Emma. My wife Jessica had gone to El Paso, Texas, to pick up a wedding dress, and we had failed to coordinate dates properly and ended up not being able to be in the same place Read more
I had spent hours and hours planning this trip. Before Jess and I had begun dating I would sit for hours in Grand Canyon Villages Maswik Lodge. Looking at maps, researching Wilderness Areas, and planning backpacking trips. Not to say I do this no longer as I certainly do; it is as simple as the Read more
Cape Solitude is another one of those places that took me some patience and multiple attempts to get to. One attempt I was tired and bit off more than I could chew with the itinerary that weekend. On another occasion, the weather was bad, and the chance of a lightning storm was a bit more Read more
This Eastern Oregon adventure starts with me meeting a fellow climber and Peak Bagger, Jake Hoppe. We both had met the previous Winter while working at the Historic Stove Pipe Wells Village in Death Valley National Park! Together, we took trips to Sedona, Arizona, Zion National Park, and climbed the Death Valley Buttes! Jake and 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
This story takes us deep into Oregon’s inner coastal ranges. My good friend Justin and I were traveling on the road from the American Southwest to the Pacific Northwest. After spending the night at Woodson Bridge State Recreation Area. We headed up to Oregon, weaving and winding through the mountains. After arriving in Medford we Read more
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
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