Summer in Redding

If you love California and don’t know where to go for summer vacation, here’s a suggestion: Go north!
Start in Redding. Sure, the city of 92,000 at the northern end of the Sacramento Valley might not be on your bucket list of destinations,  but its region, the Northstate, is crucial to understanding California.
And as a vacation spot, it has practical advantages — cheaper and less crowded than the coast, and cooler than the deserts.
Is there really anything to do in Reddin