Grant's Getaways: Oregon Adventures with the Kids

A fifth-generation Oregonian, McOmie is a journalist, author, and teacher who realized he hadn’t seen enough of his native state and he has spent much of his thirty-year career as a news reporter exploring Oregon. He ended up enjoying his getaways so much that he decided to share these “teachable moments with touchable history” in a new Grant’s Getaways series of guidebooks. McOmie, Travel Oregon, and KGW-TV produce Grant’s Getaways segments in cooperation with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife, Oregon State Parks, and the Oregon State Marine Board. The weekly segments and half-hour programs feature themes such as fishing, urban hiking, surfing, geocaching, and more. The book series also benefits from tremendous support from both Travel Oregon and KGW through cross-promotion efforts with each. His show reaches approximately 2.8 million households annually, and brings to life many of the state’s varied natural and cultural resources that inspire year-round travel throughout the state.

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Spring: Outdoor Talk Essay


APRIL

Bayocean: A Spit You Can’t Resist

Wahclella and Memaloose Falls

South Slough Hiking

Zippity-Do-Da-Ziplines!


MAY

Forests for Families

Olys Are Back!

King of the Clam Gun

Written in the Rocks


JUNE

Downtown Salmon

Oregon Rail Riders

The Forever Fund-School House Project

Petersen’s Rock Garden


Summer: Outdoor Talk Essay


JULY

Wapato Greenway State Park

All Aboard at Molalla Train Park

A Butterfly Playground

Let’s Go Camping


AUGUST

Salmon Fishing is a Family Affair

Mt Hood History and Huckleberry Hounds

You’ll Dig Oregon’s State Gem

Oregon’s Floating Museum


SEPTEMBER

Oregon Tourist #2 Returns

Digging Fossils in Fossil

McKenzie River Campout

Cloud Cap Inn SB=Olallie Lake Basin


Fall: Outdoor Talk Essay


OCTOBER

Oregon’s Fish Whisperer

Secrets in the Sand

Oregon’s HooDoos

Taking Aim at Archery


NOVEMBER

The Oregon Connection

Just for Kids

Islands in the Sky

Written in the Rocks SB


DECEMBER

Hooking Kids on Steelhead

Caring for Oregon’s Wildlife

A Wildlife Artist @Elkhorn Wildlife Area

Forgotten Ghost Towns and New Beginnings


Winter: Outdoor Talk Essay


JANUARY

Basecamp Baker

Diamond Lake Snowmobiles

Cape Foulweather–Where Oregon Began

Off Road Riders


FEBRUARY

Kilchis Point Reserve

Beauty Beyond Belief

Higher Education

Menucha: A Governor’s Playground


MARCH

Marine Discovery Tours

Shellburg Falls

Wildlife Safari

Underground Ft Stevens SB=Oregon Cannons Come Home


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