Ah yes, Mr. Pogue, you (and everyone else, for that matter) owe it to yourself to enjoy Oregon sometime. A very lovely state, with many areas worth exploring. The Ashland area where Jane is has fantastic scenic appeal (my great-grandparents lived in Jacksonville, that's how I have my familiarity with southern OR), Portland is a wonderful city (yes, Powell's Books is everything you've heard it is) with an under-acknowledged restaurant scene, and I am a huge fan of the Oregon coast (particularly the central coast, around Yachats and Florence, for my tastes).
Geez, you'd think I was the one who worked for the State of Oregon, not MBarnum!
When I look down the road at grad school in a few years, Eugene and the U of O keeps singing its siren song to me.