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Discoveries...America,
Oregon. DVD
Oregon is a vast and
varied piece of real estate that begins at the Pacific Ocean and
stretches across the Cascade Mountains to the
high
desert plains of eastern Oregon. In
Oregon City,
the End of the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center celebrates the brave
pioneers who came across America in search of their destiny.
The trail entered
eastern Oregon in Vale where there is a collection of murals that
reference various locations along the Oregon Trail. In the remote
southeastern part of the state
Crane Union,
a unique boarding school offers rural students a tight knit community in
which to live and learn. Nearby,
buffalo ranching
with Jim Kelley.
The small town of
Joseph has transformed into an art center and
Valley Bronze
creates spectacular metal sculptures. The Pendleton Woolen Mill has been
an Oregon tradition for over 100 years.
Portland
is the largest city in the state and a unique blend of green
consciousness and offbeat quirkiness. In December the city embraces the
holidays with a parade of
lighted boats
on the Willamette River. Oregon’s high tech industry is very much alive
and a tour of
Logic General
shows the process of making CD’s and DVD’s for mass distribution.
Mount
Bachelor provides
terrific skiing on the 9000-foot summit of a dormant volcano.
Tillamook Cheese
is a dairy co-op started in Oregon in the early 1900’s. Along the coast,
aquaculture and fishing still thrive. At Winchester Bay,
Oysters
are grown and harvested by Umpqua Aquaculture while fish and crab are
canned at
Sportsmen’s Cannery.
The Coast Guard
practices exciting maneuvers in the breaking surf nearby. In
Siuslaw National Forest,
ATV enthusiasts enjoy the
Oregon Dunes.
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