Fran, I LOVE the Grants Pass area! I'm in Central Oregon...Redmond. If it's been awhile, you won't recognise Central Oregon anymore...we really had a boom here, and because of the boom, the recession has hit hard! It's grown by leaps and bounds tho, over what it was when I first came here in 2003.
Looks like you're getting hooked up with some quilting friends! :)