Kati Explores

Champoeg State Park is a historic pioneer town just 45 minutes from Portland with campgrounds, disc golf, a museum, and paved paths for biking, running, and walking.

Visiting Salt Lake City as a non-Mormon who's fascinated with LDS history

Schreiner Farms is a completely free safari drive-through park in the Columbia River Gorge. You've probably driven past it without realizing there are camels, zebra, buffalo, and more, just off the highway.

Shaniko is Oregon's oldest living ghost town! Visit its 30 (living) residents, just 3 hours south of Portland, for old west saloons, a probably haunted hotel, and the best of Oregon's sagebrush desert views.