Oregon

Oregon:

“Tour of Pacific NW’s Casino Parking Lots(05/30/13)

I made my way up to Crater Lake. Crater is the deepest lake in the US at 1,949 feet it is actually called a Caldera because it formed from the collapse of the volcano Mount Mazama. Continue Reading

Oregon:

“Rafting in the Shadows of Mt Hood(05/30/06)

I was eager to make the trip out West as it had been a while since my last visit. I read somewhere a quote, “Once you live West of the Mississippi, you will never go back East.” I think that should be adjusted a little further west to the Eastern border of Colorado, but I definitely agree. 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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