Some places that I’d like to visit take some creative sales pitches for the kids. You just never know which ones. Personally, I think heading underground to see what caves look like is pretty cool. Especially when there is a string of lights already installed and a guide who knows the way out. I wasn’t sure that the boys would think so as well. There are a lot of stairs, it’s dimly lit, and it’s...

Redding is known to be incredibly hot in the summer. There are weeks when the heat reaches into the hundreds for days on end. It’s no surprise then, that most of the best entertainment in Redding centers around water. There are at least five rivers and four lakes that are in close proximity to Redding. Also nearby is one of the world’s largest concrete dams, Shasta Dam. (Though it didn’t make my “top...