Note to the Reader The following is a true story of the life experiences of a park ranger, during the years 1994-1997. The journal entries published here constitute part two of a trilogy that documents the adventures of pursuing a career in state and federal parks. This book follows the chronology established in the first book (1988-1994) entitled "In Devil's Den: Journals of a Park Interpreter." The audience for this second book in the series is the same, with additional readers who now join the adventure from the Ozarks to the Inland Northwest and Great Basin. The third and final book entitled "Back in the City: Journals of a Park Superintendent" chronicles behind the scenes park management from 1998 to2024 (est. publication in 2026). Wallace Fremont Keck was born in St. Joseph, Missouri, in the last year of the baby boom and coincidentally, the first year of the Wilderness Act. At age seven the family of six moved to the woodlands of Bella Vista, Arkansas. The Ozarks lured him into a career of protecting, exploring, and interpreting the wilder landscapes of Arkansas, Missouri, and Idaho.