Oregon's countless opportunities for outdoor recreation top the list of reasons to visit. It's home to loggers and environmentalists, ultraconservative voters and hippies, deserts and rain forests, beaches and volcanoes. There's a big city full of high technology and progressive ideas. There are throw-back ranch towns that seem closer to the 19th century than the 21st. Oregon's variety is especially good news for vacationers. Visitors can go skiing in the morning and whale watching or deep-sea fishing in the afternoon and also recover from a llama trek by doing a little windsurfing The main attractions are its cities and towns which has rich history, art, culture and shopping. Sightseeing is as near as the closest highway. And more than anything else, it's the feel of the place that makes Oregon special: It's a combination of West Coast laid-back and small town polite.