A list of our favorite places, plus sites that we want to go to but haven’t seen yet, in Washington, Oregon, California, Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, and Utah. Because the western U.S. is so big and so full of awesome sights to see, I’m dividing them up, and I’ll list the Rocky Mountain states and Southwest states in my next post.

November was a great time of year to visit Red Rock Canyon and Valley of Fire in Nevada. The weather was warm but not hot, and the rocks were so beautiful! We enjoyed several hikes in each park.

We wondered why the national park in Nevada is called Great Basin, and we learned. . .