Planning a trip to Grants Pass

Getting There -- Grants Pass is at the junction of I-5 and U.S. 199. Allegiant Air, Horizon Air, and SkyWest Airlines (Delta Connection and United Express) serve the nearby Rogue Valley International-Medford Airport (MFR), 3650 Biddle Rd. (tel. 541/772-8068).

Visitor Information -- Contact the Grants Pass Visitors & Convention Bureau, 1995 NW Vine St., Grants Pass, OR 97526 (tel. 800/547-5927 or 541/476-7717; www.visitgrantspass.org).

Festivals -- Boatnik (www.boatnik.com), held Memorial Day weekend, is Grants Pass's biggest annual festival and includes jet-boat and hydroplane races on the Rogue River, as well as lots of festivities at Riverside Park.