What I have learned from Dr. Google

1.  Meadow foam is a new crop in Oregon, named because it has white flowers that, when the whole field is abloom, look like foam.  It is grown for its high quality oil that is used in cosmetics and machinery.

2.  Marion berries are nothing special.  They are just a strain of blackberries that was created at Oregon State and now comprise over half of all blackberry harvests in Oregon.

3.  Salal berries are a natural appetite suppressant.  I am definitely going to try them!

4.  The bright orange flowers along the roadsides are actually grown from bulbs and are invasive in many circumstances.  As soon as Dr. Google will send me to the right place again, I will put the correct name in . . . but for now, they are just bright orange invasive plants!

5.  Quilt trails are in nearly every state now, and we have several in Kansas.

6.  Blimps were used in Oregon during WWII to find Japanese submarines.  We are still trying to determine if they found any.  I keep forgetting to ask the Doctor!

7.  Darlingtonia is the official name of a type of pitcher plant.

8.  The Rogue River got its name from French explorers who called the Native Americans rogues, though I would suggest that they got it backwards.