Sen. Dodd: Visit Our State Parks – Get Outside!

Summer is here, and there's no better time to appreciate the beauty of California's landscape. We are fortunate to have a wealth of open spaces and protected public lands throughout our district. For less than the cost of tickets to the movies, a family can spend an afternoon or an entire vacation exploring one of the many state parks in our district and throughout California.

California State Parks contain hundreds of miles of coastline, thousands of miles of hiking and riding trails, nearly 1,000 miles of lake, reservoir and riverfront areas. Wild and scenic lands, underwater preserves, family friendly destinations and an incredibly diverse collection of cultural holdings are available to all comers throughout the year.

I encourage you to take a moment to bask in the wonders at any one of our state's many parks. I was honored to play a part in the successful effort to create the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument, which is celebrating its third anniversary next month, and I hope you will experience it. You can learn more about our parks here.

And please visit my website at http://sd03.senate.ca.gov/