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.

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