A cell phone pic from a bike ride I took last week. I wonder when the last time was that Mt. Ashland had this much snow on it on the last day of May?

Posted on June 5th, 2017 under nature, only in ashland. Tags: clouds, grapes, mt. ashland, samsung s7 edge camera, skywatch. Comments Off on Late May in Ashland

With temperatures expected to reach the 90s by the end of the weekend, it’s a little hard to believe that today’s photo is from less than two weeks ago. Such is springtime in Ashland.

Posted on May 18th, 2017 under nature, only in ashland, places. Tags: hobart bluff, Nikon 24-120mm f/4G ED AF-S VR, Nikon D750, snow, spring. Comments Off on Throwback Thursday

Hobart Bluff (May 6, 2017)

Last week was a wild week of weather in Ashland. It felt like summer early in the week, followed by one of the best rainbow/thunder/lightning storms I’ve ever encountered, and then Friday night it snowed in the mountains. We headed up to Hobart Bluff yesterday. We had to forge our own trail as no one else ventured out to Hobart on Saturday. With the wind-chill factor it was about 10-15 degrees when I took this photo. Only five more weeks until summer!

Posted on May 7th, 2017 under nature, only in ashland, photography, places. Tags: hobart bluff, Nikon 24-120mm f/4G ED AF-S VR, Nikon D750, snow, spring. Comments Off on From 90 degrees to 30 degrees in 3 days

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Posted on April 23rd, 2017 under nature, only in ashland. Tags: Nikon D500, sunrise, Tamron SP 24-70mm Di VC USD. Comments Off on Good morning Ashland

April is Grizzly Peak‘s best month. Not only is green, but sometimes it has some snow on top. Today’s photo featured some nice lighting just before the sun went down on Friday.

Posted on April 17th, 2017 under nature, only in ashland. Tags: grizzly peak, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8G VR II, Nikon D500, snow, spring. Comments Off on Grizzly Peak in April

Lower Table Rock from Upper Table Rock

Posted on March 24th, 2017 under nature, outside of ashland. Tags: Lower Table Rock, Nikon 24-120mm f/4G ED AF-S VR, Nikon D600, Upper Table Rock. Comments Off on Three years ago…

Ashland, Oregon sunrise

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Posted on March 15th, 2017 under nature, only in ashland. Tags: Nikon D500, sunrise, Tamron SP 24-70mm Di VC USD. Comments Off on Yesterday’s sunrise

“Before the storm” (Ashland, Oregon)

Posted on February 24th, 2017 under nature, only in ashland. Tags: nikon d7000, sunset. Comments Off on 5 years ago today…

Today’s photo comes from my snowshoeing adventure a couple weekend’s ago. Although I’ve turned out at Rogue River Gorge Viewpoint on Highway 62 more than a dozen times over the years, I had never been to Natural Bridge Viewpoint before. The two are very close to each other, but Natural Bridge is a bit off the highway.

During winter you can’t get to the viewpoint via a car. That fact made this trek interesting for me. I was able to park in the normal turnout on Highway 62 even though the road (Rd 300 on Google maps) is not plowed. There was room for maybe three cars, but mine was the only one there on this day. From there I walked on snowshoes a little over half a mile to this location.

The Rogue River was higher than normal so the natural bridge in today’s photo isn’t that visible, but in person the scene was pretty spectacular. Water goes underground, through a lava tube, before exiting back into the Rogue River 250 feet downstream.

Posted on February 20th, 2017 under nature, outside of ashland, places. Tags: Nikon 24-120mm f/4G ED AF-S VR, Nikon D500, rogue river, snow, winter. Comments Off on Natural Bridge