Oregon CityLink Travel Guide

Budget conscience vacations? Try Oregon! Just read on twitter stayacation, great article about staying home on vacation. Vacation locally. 
That is what I am going to do this year. Oregon has so much to offer whether you live there or considering traveling to Oregon;
it is a very affordable budget-conscienous vacation.It has everything to offer the outdoor enthusiast. Drive the coast, Beautiful clear lakes, lake fishing, 
river fishing, ocean fishing, hunting, hiking, swimming, boating, camping that is awesome, photography and so much more. 
If you crave the city stuff there is the Shakespeare Theatre in Ashland, Caberet in Ashland, Craterian in Medford, 
Portland Center for the Performing Arts, OMSI, Portland Zoo, Portland's Rose Gardens,  Portland Rose Festival, Enchanted Forest Amusement Park, 
Music On the Halfshell in Roseburg, Fourth of July Fireworks in Brookings, Newport;s Jazz Festival, Cranberry Festival & Street Rod Show Old Town Bandon, 
Bay Area Fun Festival Downtown Coos Bay, Fall Kite Festival and Oregon Berry cook-off in Lincoln City, Sandcastle Day in Cannon Beach,  
Miss Oregon Scholarship program Seaside Convention Center on July 8th, 4th of July fireworks with music on the beach: Seaside, 
Bend summer festival of music, and Crater Lake in Klamath Falls. You name it, Oregon has it. Try it, You'll love it, 
Oregon Adventure for the Oregon traveller

Prettiest drive in Oregon -  It's a toss up. There are so many in God's Country.
My two favorites: Brookings (near the California border) to Bandon. Then Coos Bay to Seaside Oregon.
My other favorite: Highway 138 going east and south from Roseburg past Lake Lemola, past Crater Lake to Shady Cove.

Whitewater rafting - (class 1 and 2) Easiest yet most thrill for your buck - Fish Hatchery (just outside Shady Cove) to Shady cove.
Park car down river and have a friend drop you off at Fish Hatchery. Great raft ride for kids and adults who have never rafted.

Dog Friendly hiking in Central Oregon
Great resource for hiking trails in and around Central Oregon. Hiking trails have been reviewed and to be the best for taking  
a dog and a camera.

Oregon is in the Pacific Northwest Oregon offers nature-lovers the best of the best.
Oregon has four seasons, and the weather is fairly mild. Lots of rain, some snow, 
lots of sunshine in southern cities, colorful autumns, brisk springs, moderate summers. 
Recreation lovers have access to the most beautiful parks and campgrounds, the most 
rugged terrain for any recreational sport, four-wheeling, the most difficult river 
rapids for whitewater rafting, the most beautiful camping spots and hikes for all 
skill levels, the clearest lakes, and the best fishing in lakes and rivers. 

Real Estate is booming and is so affordable compared to other states. 
Since there is no sales tax this attracts many people to come for retirement to live, 
buy a house or just buy land. 




State of Oregon

Capital: Salem PoP: 142,914
Statehood: February 14, 1859 - 33rd state admitted 
Nickname: Beaver State 
Motto: Alis Volat Propiis (She Flies With Her Own Wings) 
State Bird: Western Meadowlark
Flower: Oregon Grape 
Tree: Douglas Fir 
State Song: Oregon, My Oregon 

These Facts are just Estimates

Median Age: Median Age year 2005: 37 

Median value of owner-occupied housing units, 2000  $152,100 

Owner-occupied homes: 939,123
  
Median value: 236,600
  
Median of selected monthly owner costs: With a mortgage: $1,412
 
Median household income, 2004  $42,568 

Owner-occupied housing units:939,123
 
Renter-occupied housing units: 510,539
 
Persons under 5 years old, percent, 2005  6.2% 6.8% 
Persons under 18 years old, percent, 2005  23.3% 24.8% 
Persons 65 years old and over, percent, 2005  12.9% 12.4% 
Female persons, percent, 2005  50.3% 

Population 25 years and over Estimate: 2,501,372



 
Caucasians persons, percent, 2005 (a) 90.8% 
African American persons, percent, 2005 (a) 1.8% 12.8% 
American Indian and Alaska Native persons, percent, 2005 (a) 1.4% 1.0% 
Asian persons, percent, 2005 (a) 3.4% 4.3% 
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, percent, 2005 (a) 0.3% 0.2% 
Persons reporting two or more races, percent, 2005  2.3% 1.5% 
Persons of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2005 (b) 9.9% 14.4% 
White persons not Hispanic, percent, 2005  81.6% 


High school graduates, percent of persons age 25+, 2000  85.1% 80.4% 
Bachelor's degree or higher, pct of persons age 25+, 2000  25.1% 

Persons per square mile 36 

Mean travel time to work (minutes), workers age 16+, 2000  22.2 

Women-owned firms, percent, 2002  29.5% 

Persons below poverty, percent, 2004  12.9% 

Land area, 2000 (square miles)  95,996.79 

 
Weather:
Oregon Climate By Bruce Johnson

Seneca By Bruce Johnson

Cougars, Mountain Lions and Bears, Oh Oh My, By Bruce Johnson
Photo of Mountain Lion