West Virginia

West Virginia:

“Mountain Mama(06/21/11)

With all this international travel, my home country was getting jealous and my pocketbook was running on fumes so I structured a week’s vacation and headed down to West Virginia. I have spent a fair amount of time in WV, but mostly on the West side of the state for rafting. WV is a beautiful state that not many people appreciate because they think it is full of hicks and inbreds, which is fine with me (the misconception, not the inbreeding).Continue Reading

West Virginia: Fayetteville

“Its 25 Degrees, Who Wants to Go Rafting?!(10/25/08)

My buddy from DC called me in August and told me he was going to be heading West (3 hours car ride was “Heading West” in his mind) and wanted to know if I wanted to meet up to try out some camping gear and maybe get in some rafting. It would be a 9 hour drive down from Detroit but I convinced my brother to also head in from Philly and we had ourselves a tribe.Continue Reading

West Virginia: Fayetteville

“Squeal Like a Pig!(06/25/06)

I was heading back to the location that started it all. My first trip when starting the company was rafting in West Virginia. I was going down this season to check out the new hot spots in the city and to spend some time with my friends at the rafting company.Continue Reading

West Virginia: Fayetteville

“Alternative Spring Break(04/25/06)

It was early April. Notre Dame had Spring Break and I had organized a trip for those looking to get away from South Bend for a week, but were not down with the typical Panama City Florida Craziness. It was a little early for rafting season, but I thought we could keep busy in West Virginia for a few days. I drove down from Detroit and met the kids who car pooled over from Indiana. I had rented a house just outside Fayetteville WV for them..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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