In honor of the release of their first podcast episode, our Park Chaser Profile guest post today comes from Matt and Bradley Kirouac from Hello Ranger.
Each Q & A interview in our Park Chaser Profile series features the story of national park travelers like Matt and Bradley. Whether you are visiting your first park or your 400th, we hope the travel tips and shared experience in these interviews helps inspire your next national park adventure!
Hello Ranger is a national parks community social application, podcast, and blog, with the overarching goal of showcasing a kaleidoscope of communities within the national parks, and how these places unite us together. The community is full of families, van-lifers, full-timers, retired travelers, educators, artists, diverse groups, solo travelers, couples, pet-owners, and so much more, all with a shared love of national parks. We’re currently working with Matt and Bradley as the Midwest Ambassadors for the Hello Ranger Community.

Meet Hello Ranger
Matt and Brad Kirouac
TOTAL PARKS VISITED
MOST RECENT PARK
NEXT PARK UP

HOW DID YOUR INTEREST IN NATIONAL PARKS GET STARTED?

HOW DID HELLO RANGER GET STARTED?
WHERE CAN WE FIND YOU ONLINE?

What Brad & Matt Love About the National Parks
Matt and Brad Kirouac
WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITE THINGS TO DO WHEN YOU VISIT A NATIONAL PARK?

WHICH PARKS HAVE YOU LOVED THE MOST?

DO YOU COLLECT ANYTHING OR HAVE ANY SPECIAL TRADITIONS?
Document Your Trips with A National Park Passport

ANY FAVORITE STORIES?

#Parkchasing & Travel Advice
HOW DO YOU DECIDE WHERE TO TRAVEL NEXT?

WHAT RESOURCES DO YOU USE WHEN YOU'RE PLANNING TRIPS?

WHAT RESOURCES DO YOU USE WHEN YOU'RE PLANNING TRIPS?
WHAT TIPS WOULD YOU GIVE TO SOMEONE WHO IS JUST STARTING OUT ON THEIR #PARKCHASING LIST?
WHAT DO YOU TELL PEOPLE ABOUT THE AMOUNT OF TIME AND MONEY IT TAKES TO TRAVEL SO MUCH?


What to See at Stonewall National Monument
Continuing on our recap of our New York City national park vacation, one of the last trips we took before the 2020 pandemic. On a
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10 Things to See At Federal Hall National Memorial
It seems appropriate to be logging blog post the week of President’s Day about a national park unit with this GIANT statue of President George
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All About African Burial Ground National Monument
Unexpected. Distinctive. Impressive. Memorable. All of these descriptors come to mind when we think back on our visit to African Burial Ground
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DiverseNPS: Syatt
We’re exciting to be kicking off February’s Black History Month with another addition to our DiverseNPS series. As part of our ongoing commitment to ending
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Planning A New York City National Park Trip
It’s hard to believe our last #parkchasing trip was now over a year ago. Just before the pandemic hit we spent five days with Amy’s
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National Parks Near Minneapolis & St. Paul
As many of you know, our base camp from which we plan all of our national park adventures is the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and
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