Grant's Getaways: Oregon Adventures with the Kids (eBook)

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.

 
Contents
 
Map
Acknowledgments
Introduction
 
Spring: Outdoor Talk Essay
 
APRIL
1-Bayocean: A Spit You Can’t Resist
2-Wahclella and Memaloose Falls
3- South Slough Hiking
4-Zippity-Do-Da-Ziplines!
 
MAY
5- Forests for Families
6- Olys Are Back!
7- King of the Clam Gun
8- Written in the Rocks
 
JUNE
9- Downtown Salmon
10-Oregon Rail Riders
11-The Forever Fund-School House Project
12-Petersen’s Rock Garden
 
 
Summer: Outdoor Talk Essay
 
JULY
13-Wapato Greenway State Park
14-All Aboard at Molalla Train Park
15-A Butterfly Playground
16-Let’s Go Camping
 
AUGUST
17- Salmon Fishing is a Family Affair
18- Mt Hood History and Huckleberry Hounds
19- You’ll Dig Oregon’s State Gem
20- Oregon’s Floating Museum
 
SEPTEMBER
21- Oregon Tourist #2 Returns
22- Digging Fossils in Fossil
23- McKenzie River Campout
24- Cloud Cap Inn SB=Olallie Lake Basin
Fall: Outdoor Talk Essay
 
OCTOBER
25- Oregon’s Fish Whisperer
26- Secrets in the Sand
27-Oregon’s HooDoos
28-Taking Aim at Archery
 
NOVEMBER
29- The Oregon Connection
30- Just for Kids
31- Islands in the Sky
32- Written in the Rocks SB
 
DECEMBER
33-Hooking Kids on Steelhead
34-Caring for Oregon’s Wildlife
35-A Wildlife Artist @Elkhorn Wildlife Area
36-Forgotten Ghost Towns and New Beginnings
 
 
Winter: Outdoor Talk Essay
 
JANUARY
37-Basecamp Baker
38-Diamond Lake Snowmobiles
39- Cape Foulweather–Where Oregon Began
40-Off Road Riders
 
FEBRUARY
41-Kilchis Point Reserve
42-Beauty Beyond Belief 
43-Higher Education
44-Menucha: A Governor’s Playground
 
MARCH
45-Marine Discovery Tours
46-Shellburg Falls
47-Wildlife Safari
48-Underground Ft Stevens SB=Oregon Cannons Come Home
 
Index