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TWO decades ago, Doug Tunnell was a veteran newsman who wanted to be a winemaker. Having been a globetrotting CBS correspondent for 18 years, he bought a farm and returned to his family's roots in the Willamette Valley, a landscape of rolling hills and farmland about 45 minutes southwest of Portland, Oregon. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Do you sit in a cubicle all day? Is your time filled with inane, interminable conference calls? Do you while away the hours idly clicking on Minesweeper or solitaire? Do you incessantly mess around on Facebook comparing scores on Oregon Trail or trying to find the next Scrabble rip-off? You're a gamer. You just haven't admitted it yet. Or are you a work-at-home parent? Between cleaning up after breakfast, running errands and picking the kids up from school, do you plop down for a breather at the PC and get in a few rounds of Bejeweled or Tetris? Do you find yourself checking your status on the leader board on a site like Pogo.com? You're a gamer. You just haven't admitted it yet. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Presents the second of three articles on the forsaken frontier, revisiting the Oregon Trail. Among Western historians a consensus is growing that the settlers endured unbelievable hardships to make their way West, but that they destroyed an indigenous culture and much of the environment along the way. The revisionist view in academia; Change at the grassroots level; The new reality.

Describes the author's experiences on spotting pronghorn antelope in the area along state Route 220 managed by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department. Track of original Oregon Trail; Information on prairies and natural surroundings; Details of the pronghorn antelope and appearance of bucks in the breeding season.

Comments on the refurbished Geiser Grand Hotel in Baker City, Oregon, which was built in 1889. Reference to the identity changes which the hotel has gone through; Role of the Oregon Trail in the renovation of the hotel; Cost of the renovation; Description of the hotel; History surrounding the hotel; Individual's views on the hotel; Details on the National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center which opened in Baker City in May 1992. INSET: If you go.