Photos: Life in Oregon

Patrick Macquoid, digs in as Michael Fuentes, both of Portland, comes up for air as they compete in a Willamette Valley Fruit Co. pie-eating contest at the Oregon State Fair Saturday Sept. 1, 2012, in Salem, Ore. After being technically beaten by an 11-year-old girl, with a smaller pie, in the all-around competition, Fuentes placed second and Macquoid placed third. (AP Photo/Kobbi R. Blair, Statesman Journal)