191: Outside For All. How Ranger the Dog Made National Park History.

National Park After Dark

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🗓️ 7 December 2023

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Today we are bringing you the inspiring story of Brad, Halie, and Ranger’s adventure - to visit all 63 US National Parks, with a twist. After Brad was diagnosed with late onset epilepsy, he and his epilepsy alert service dog Ranger decided to set off on a journey across the US National Park system to prove that living with a disability shouldn't stand as a barrier to accessibility. Because the outdoors are for everyone.

You can follow Brad and Ranger’s journeys on Instagram @‌rangerlovestravel

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0:00.0	And the Hey everyone welcome back to National Park After Dark. We have another episode today where we're doing a really cool interview.
0:27.0	Yeah, we have some really fun guests today because we're going to talk about some real life adventures into the national parks, which obviously is our favorite to talk about.
0:36.5	Yeah, so for today's guest episode, we are bringing you a truly inspirational story of two people and their dog. So Brad Haley and Rangers
0:45.9	adventure of a lifetime and they set out to visit all 63 national parks which is
0:52.0	something I think we can all relate to on a certain level.
0:55.4	We all want to check them all off the list.
0:57.5	But this adventure is a little different than others as Ranger is a dog, of course, he's part Australian kelp and part Malamute.
1:06.5	And normally dogs aren't allowed inside of most national parks here in the United States,
1:12.0	but Ranger is specifically trained as a service animal,
1:15.8	which makes him the first dog to ever visit all 63 national parks, so such a big accomplishment. His dad, Brad Saylor, was diagnosed with late onset
1:26.0	epilepsy in his early 30s, and that is when Ranger came into his life. He especially
1:31.2	trained as an epilepsy alert dog. His duties are to alert Brad if he is about to have a seizure and also to help alert others if he does have one so that people who are nearby can jump in and assist Brad during a medical emergency.
1:45.6	Brad who worked in EMS and disaster response for years and had dreams of becoming a National
1:50.9	Park Ranger had his career halted with his new diagnosis.
1:54.8	But with that a new dream was formed and it wasn't long before him, Ranger and
1:59.2	Haley hit the road to visit all 63 National parks with the goal to raise awareness around
2:05.1	accessibility and the outdoors for all people. Today they will join us to tell
2:09.4	us about their experiences adventuring around the country with Ranger, how they made history, and what they
2:14.8	learned along the way. We're so excited to welcome Brad, Haley, and of course Ranger.
2:31.0	Hello Brad and Haley. Thank you so much for coming on the show today. Welcome to National Park after dark. We are thrilled to have you here. Thank you. We are super stoked as well.
2:33.9	This is very exciting.
2:34.9	Thanks for having us ladies.
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