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Grant’s Getaways 101 Oregon Adventures Grant McOmie WestWinds Press® Text © 2013 by Grant McOmie Photography © 2013 by Jeff Kastner, Courtesy of Travel Oregon All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage For my father, Grant McOmie Sr., who showed me which and retrieval system, without written permission of the publisher. end of a fishing rod catches the big ones. And for my wife, Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Christine, my finest and favorite travel companion. TK Published by WestWinds Press® An imprint of Graphic Arts Books P.O. Box 56118 Portland, Oregon 97238-6118 503-254-5591 www.graphicartsbooks.com Contents Acknowledgments .......................................................................................................... 8 Introduction ................................................................................................................. 11 JANUARY 1 SO EASY ANYONE CAN TRY • Adventures Without Limits ...............................15 27 A PLAYGROUND IN THE TRees • Tree to Tree Adventure Park ....................... 90 2 ReDUce, ReUse AND RecYCLE • Hopworks Brew Pub .....................................17 28 A GOveRNOR’S LegACY • Rowena Crest .............................................................. 92 3 SOLITARY SENTINELS • Oregon’s Heritage Trees ................................................ 20 29 ROCKHOUNDS GO HOLLEYWOOD • Sweet Home’s Petrifield Wood ............. 95 4 A FRIEND TO THE CRItteRS • Wildlife Images ................................................. 23 30 A SUBLIme SPRING VIEW • Mount Hood ............................................................. 97 5 MONUmeNT TO HIstORY • Fort Yamhill State Park ........................................ 27 31 SUPPER FROM THE SEA • Razor Clams ................................................................. 99 6 HOT SHOT FOR A COLD SPELL • Belknap Hot Springs ...................................... 30 32 WHAT A FLUKE! • Cape Lookout State Park Trail ................................................103 7 MUSH PUPPIes! • Dog Sledding at Mount Bachelor ...............................................32 33 GOLDEN FLOWER OF PROSPERITY • Kam Wah Chung State Park .............. 106 8 A FRONT ROW SEAT TO WILDLIfe • Elkhorn Wildlife Area ............................35 34 OASIS IN THE DeseRT • Malheur National Wildlife Refuge............................ 108 FEBRUARY MAY 9 A Gem OF A MUseUM • Rice Museum ................................................................... 38 35 HIKING TO NeW HeIGHts • Saddle Mountain State Park ...............................111 10 ROMANce OF WAteRFALLS • Oregon Waterfalls in Winter ............................ 40 36 HIDDEN IN PLAIN VIEW • Ki-A-Kuts Falls .........................................................115 11 FROZEN IN TIme • Erratic Rocks State Park .......................................................... 43 37 A RIveR SONG • Nestucca River Scenic Byway ....................................................118 12 FeeLS LIKE FLOATIN’ oN A CLOUD • Mount Hood Snowshoeing ................. 46 38 COLORFUL DeLIGHTS • Marys Peak .................................................................... 120 13 Off-ROADING • Tillamook State Forest .................................................................. 49 39 It WILL MAKE YOU FeeL SMALL • Valley of the Giants ................................. 122 14 THE RUggeD EDge OF ORegON • Cape Perpetua Scenic Area .......................52 40 A CROss CAscADes EscAPE • The Upper Willamette River .......................... 124 15 DAWN PATROL • Klamath Basin Bald Eagles ..........................................................55 41 STRIKE It RICH FOR RecREATION • Green Peter Reservoir ......................... 127 16 VISIT THE VALLEY OF PeAce • Hot Lake Springs .............................................. 58 42 MARSH MUSIC • Klamath Lake Canoe Trail ........................................................ 130 43 SOmeWHERE OveR THE RAINBOWS • MARCH Klamath River Rainbow Trout Fishing .................................................................132 17 THE FORest IN OUR BACKYARD • Magness Tree Farm................................... 60 18 PACK-RAT PRIZes • Three Mile Museum.................................................................62 JUNE 19 A PeRfect PADDLE • Netarts Bay .......................................................................... 64 44 UP, UP, AND AWAY • Hot Air Balloons ................................................................. 134 20 THIS CReeK WILL CARRY YOU AWAY • Drift Creek ........................................70 45 LeND A HAND AND LeARN MORE • Firsthand Oregon ..................................137 21 A SNEAK PeeK AT NATURE • White River Wildlife Area .................................. 73 46 FLYING FISH • High Cascade Trout Stocking ........................................................140 22 PAssAges THROUGH TIme • Covered Bridges of Linn County ........................75 47 SOft SIDes OF AN IRON GIANT • Iron Mountain Trail ...................................142 23 TWO-WHeeLED ADveNTURE • Cottage Grove Scenic Bikeway ......................78 48 MONUmeNTAL RecREATION • Newberry National Volcanic Monument.....144 24 LIONS, TIgeRS, AND BEARS. OH MY! • Wildlife Safari .................................... 80 49 BIRTH OF A RIveR • Metolius River ......................................................................146 25 TRAIL OF TEN FALLS • Silver Falls State Park ....................................................... 84 50 LOOKING BACK IN TIme • Lava Lands ................................................................149 51 A JEWEL ANYTIme! • Diamond Lake ....................................................................152 APRIL 52 THRee FOR THE PRIce OF ONE • Sunset Bay, Shore Acres, and 26 LIKE WINgs OF AN EAGLE • Soaring Over Washington County ..................... 88 Cape Arago State Parks ........................................................................................... 154 JULY 53 OUTDOOR CLAss IN SessION • Youth Outdoor Day ........................................159 80 DO YOU HAve CHANteRELLA-VISION? • Mushroom Hunting .................. 241 54 FRee RIDING • Black Rock Mountain .....................................................................163 81 A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE • Wildwood Recreation Area ............................. 243 55 AfOOT AND AfLOAT • Nestucca Bay Wildlife Refuge .......................................165 82 CRAZY FOR DUNgeNess • Crab Class ................................................................ 245 56 THE VIEW FROM THE SADDLE • Santiam State Forest .....................................167 83 BONNEY BUtte RAPTORS • Mount Hood ......................................................... 249 57 BEAUTY FOR ALL TO ENJOY • Opal Creek Wilderness .....................................170 84 It’S FOR THE BIRDS • Oregon Birding Trail .........................................................251 58 PADDLING IN THE HIGH CAscADes • Wanderlust Tours ..............................173 85 GOLDEN NUgget OF HIstORY • Sumpter Dredge State Park ....................... 253 59 At HOme ON THE WAteR • Lake Billy Chinook ................................................176 60 TOUCHABLE HIstORY • Oregon Caves National Monument ...........................178 NOVEMBER 61 PAssAge INTO PARADIse • Rogue River Jet Boat ............................................. 180 86 COmmUNITIes THAT FLOCK TOgetHER • Jackson Bottom and Fernhill Wetlands ............................................................... 255 AUGUST 87 WILDERNess As CLOse As YOUR OWN BACKYARD • 62 ReADY, Set, FORE! • Disc Golf ................................................................................183 Oxbow Park .............................................................................................................. 260 63 SUPPER FROM A STREAM • Crawfishing .............................................................186 88 Access FOR ALL • Wheelchair Destinations ....................................................... 262 64 HUCKLebeRRY HOUNDS • Willamette National Forest ...................................189 89 FEATHERY INVASION • Sauvie Island Sandhills ................................................ 265 65 CLImbING GIANts • Willamette National Forest .............................................. 192 90 DOWN BY THE OLD MILL STREAM • Thompson’s Mills State Park .............. 267 66 NeW WAY TO Get AROUND ORegON • Siltcoos River Canoe Trail ............195 91 ROWING THROUGH HIstORY • The All Oregon Boat ..................................... 269 67 DIggING INTO ORegON’S PAst • Digging Fossils in Fossil .......................... 198 92 SecRets IN THE SAND • Float Wizards .............................................................. 272 68 ORegON’S STRIKING AZURE BEAUTY! • Crater Lake ................................... 200 93 RestORATION—AN AcRE AT A TIme • Ladd Marsh Wildlife Area .............274 69 SWIss ALPS OF THE West • Wallowa Lake ........................................................ 203 DECEMBER SEPTEMBER 94 EASY TO ReACH OUTDOORS • Wild in the City ...............................................276 70 TAKE AIM! • Oregon Archery .................................................................................. 207 95 NORTHWest NATURE GUIDE • Smith and Bybee Wetlands ......................... 278 71 OUT ‘N BACK ADveNTURes • Willamette Valley Wanderings .....................