Grant’s Getaways
Oregon Adventures with the Kids
Grant McOmie
Text © 2017 by Grant McOmie
Photography © 2017 by Jeff Kastner
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: McOmie, Grant.
Title: Grant’s getaways : Oregon adventures with the kids / Grant McOmie.
Description: Portland, Oregon : WestWinds Press, [2017] | Includes index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017007271 | ISBN 9781513260464 (paperback) | ISBN 9781513260471 (e-book) | ISBN 9781513260488 (hardbound)
Subjects: LCSH: Outdoor recreation for children—Oregon—Guidebooks. | Family recreation—Oregon—Guidebooks. | Oregon—Guidebooks.
Classification: LCC GV191.63 .M36 2017 | DDC 796.509795—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017007271
Edited by Michelle Blair and Kathy Howard
Designed by Vicki Knapton
Map by Gray Mouse Graphics and Vicki Knapton
Published by WestWinds Press®
An imprint of
For Birt Hansen—a master teacher who showed me where THE salmon live in the nooks and crannies of rivers that flow from the heart of Oregon. His friendship and guidance forever changed my course in life.
And
For my wife—Christine—my finest and favorite travel companion and the part of my life that I call happiness.
Contents
Grant McOmie’s Outdoor Talk—Three for the Price of One Getaway
1 Bayocean—A Spit You Can’t Resist
2 Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah at Oregon Zip Lines
4 Wahclella Falls and Memaloose Hills
8 Treasures from the Earth—Richardson’s Rock Ranch
9 Columbia Gorge Sternwheeler
12 Campsite with a View—Timothy Lake
Summer
Grant McOmie’s Outdoor Talk—A Family Who Fishes Together, Stays Together
13 Paddling and Hiking Sauvie Island
17 Monumental Reflection at Newberry National Volcanic Monument
18 Mt. Hood History and Huckleberry Harvest
19 You’ll Dig Oregon’s State Gem
21 Off-Road Riders
22 The Road to Paradise—McKenzie River Scenic Drive
23 Digging into the Past—John Day Fossil Beds National Monument
24 Watching the Clouds Roll By—Cloud Cap Inn
Fall
Grant McOmie’s Outdoor Talk—Oregon’s Fish Whisperer
25 Ticket2Ride