Oregon is a great choice due to favorable weather, good transportation infrastructure in the Willamette Valley, and superior scenery. The first total solar eclipse touching the continental United States since 1979 touches down on the Oregon coast between Lincoln City and Newport at 10:15 a.m. PDT. Before Oregon, the shadow of the Moon (umbra) does not touch any other landmass or island before Oregon.
The definition of Calendar Year in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is: January first through December thirty-first; usually used in contradistinction to some other way of measuring a year, e.g., academic year, fiscal year.
The word year is also used for periods loosely associated with, but not identical to, the calendar or astronomical year, such as the seasonal year, the fiscal year, the academic year, etc. Similarly, year can mean the orbital period of any planet: for example, a Martian year or a Venusian year are examples of the time a planet takes to transit one complete orbit.