Grant's Getaways: Oregon Adventures with the Kids (eBook)
240 Seiten
West Margin Press (Verlag)
978-1-5132-6047-1 (ISBN)
From the popular television Oregon travel series Grants Getaways comes the third book in Grant McOmies well-loved guidebooks.Oregons treasure Grant McOmie offers in this handy guidebook his favorite kid-friendly outings featured in his television series, Grants Getaways. Youll find activities to engage any kid, from archery to clamming on the coast to hunting for thundereggs to zip-lining through trees in an aerial adventure park. Grant explored many of these outings as a child on family trips and later as a father with his own children. A big believer in teachable moments through touchable history, hes expert in providing educational content that kids truly enjoy. This is a detailed reference book for outdoor adventures geared for family fun and activities.
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
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 5.9.2017 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 75 black-and-white photographs |
| Verlagsort | Portland |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Familie / Erziehung |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie | |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport | |
| Reisen ► Reiseberichte | |
| Reisen ► Reiseführer | |
| Reisen ► Sport- / Aktivreisen | |
| Schlagworte | Archery • biology of wildlife • Camping • Fishing • fossils • Grant McOmie • Grant's Getaways • Hiking • Oregon • Outdoor • Pacific Northwest travel • Pacific West United States travel books • Recreation • travel guides • U.S. regional travel guide • U.S. States • U.S. travel |
| ISBN-10 | 1-5132-6047-2 / 1513260472 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-5132-6047-1 / 9781513260471 |
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