Before Hanford was synonymous with nuclear bombs and environmental degradation, it was a vibrant farming community. On a visit to Manhattan Project National Historical Park, we took a fascinating tour of pre-atomic Hanford.
The Volcano Road gate was closed due to ice. If we couldn’t go to the crater rim, what did Capulin Volcano offer? Plenty.
One of the few marine state parks accessible by car, Spencer Spit State Park is a bikeable, hikeable, boatable gem on Slo-pez Island.
Most visitors to Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve go during summer, to sled the dunes and splash in the creeks. Not us.
I’ve driven across the I-5 bridge over Paradise Point State Park hundreds of times. After stopping there for an afternoon, I’ll never again look at that part of the trip the same way.