In the rice-and-orchard country of the Sacramento Valley, the Best Western Willows Inn makes a comfortable base in Willows, California, off Interstate 5. Race weekends draw drivers to the road course at Thunderhill Raceway nearby, the flocks of snow geese and the marshes of the Sacramento wildlife refuge fill the valley each winter, and the forests and lakes of the Mendocino National Forest and the area casinos and golf spread close by. A free breakfast and an easy location round out the stay, with dining and the highway close by. Thunderhill's road course draws drivers and race weekends, the snow geese and sandhill cranes of the Sacramento refuge fill the marshes each winter, and the forests, lakes and streams of the Mendocino National Forest spread west into the Coast Range. Rice fields flood and mirror the sky in the fall, and casinos and golf courses round out the area nearby. Coast Range peaks and the fishing rivers of the foothills rise to the west.