I have lived in Napa, my home town, for 18 years. Napa is a town that is very centered around the local agriculture. If you don’t know the Napa valley is famous for wine, meaning that every open field is sure to be drowning in grape vines. If you are visiting the Napa Valley and you are over 21 you are probably coming to wine taste because god knows there isn’t much for kids to do in Napa. Children and teenagers in the Napa valley don’t have much to do, you have to either play sports or you will run out of activities to do. Other than that the Napa valley is great.
While the wine is a big tourist attraction the scenery is equally attracting to tourists. The sweeping hills covered in grape vises, with amazing sunsets every night really tie the valley together. Growing up around this can cause you become desensitized to how beautiful the valley really is. Every morning when I would drive to school I would have a view that people travel thousands of miles to see. I most definitely took this for granted at the time but now that I am older I can appreciate it more.
Similar to towns like Paradise, Napa has been battered by wild fires recently, most notably in October or 2016. It was hard to see so many local parks, hiking trails, bike routs, and amazing views destroyed. But seeing the resurgence of vegetation and helping to reconstruct some of the trails in the area really made me appreciate my town more. To think that all of that beauty can be taken away over night is humbling. Napa is a great town and will definitely be a prime destination for travelers for many years to come.
By-John Moss
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