Yakima County

Mak Daddy Coffee Roasters Yakima, Washington Day 4 of the 100 Cups of Coffee in 100 Days Project

Mid Afternoon Coffee Break. I started my day early and had put a couple of hundred miles in already when I arrived at Mak Daddy Coffee. It was mid afternoon…

Basket of Apples, Explore Washington State

Our Love of Apples

Washington Originals Our lovely Evergreen State, Washington, produces around 2.5 million TONS of apples per year. That’s a lot of apples. And it’s a lot of orchard acreage as well,…

Hisey Dinosaur Park, Granger Washington

The Hisey Dinosaur Park

In the Yakima Valley dinophiles can find an outdoor paradise filled with various dinosaur statues. Built back in the early ’90s, this dino-park went from a single sculpture to around…

beer

Hoppiest Town in Washington

Hops, the main component in flavoring beer, is a sun loving plant. Requiring between six and eight hours of sunlight per day, these vertically growing flower buds are used all…