Musings

“A Man For All Seasons(02/23/11)

Apologies to Sir Thomas More for borrowing his title. This is a blog I thought about writing multiple times, but hoped I never had to actually write. I woke up countless nights crying, dreaming about this day and always grateful it was only that, a dream. Continue Reading

“Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance(01/13/11)

This is not a travel blog. Unfortunately I have been squirreled away at work for 6 months and cannot go anywhere. In addition it is winter and I am working the 7pm to 7am shift so I need something to keep me busy on the those nights off when I am sitting in my room wide awake at 4am. Continue Reading

“The Secret to Happiness, by Hasbro(08/04/10)

I was trying to put a capper on a great day of wildlife viewing from a canoe so I figured going to Wal-Mart and getting a board game would suffice. I looked through the shelves and was repulsed by most of the games, no longer of the board variety, rather in the class of “Interactive 3-dimensional gaming”. What happened to Candyland, Monopoly and Shoots and Ladders? I was going to go home empty-handed when I eyed a classic from my childhood, “The Game of LIFE”. Continue Reading

“Both a House and a Home(02/11/09)

I know, we have all read the cliché articles or stories about the difference between a “House” and a “Home.” I will not bore you with the basic distinctions, but I started a new section to my blog to write down some of my non-adventure experiences and subsequent thoughts. Continue Reading

Darren Hitz

Darren Hitz

Explorer, Storyteller, and Blogger

I have been writing this blog for almost 20 years. After owning and operating a travel company, reconnecting with the outdoors, I now spend a majority of my time exploring both off the beaten path and well worn tourist adventures.

“I saw in their eyes something I was to see over and over in every part of the nation- a burning desire to go, to move, to get under way, anyplace, away from any Here. They spoke quietly of how they wanted to go someday, to move about, free and unanchored, not toward something but away from something. I saw this look and heard this yearning everywhere in every states I visited. Nearly every American hungers to move.”
― John Steinbeck

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