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Continuing the series I began a couple weeks ago, here are some downtown businesses long before they opened for the day.
Another photo of The Black Sheep can be found here.
If you have a large screen, click on the image for a bigger view so you can see your options with Noah’s River Adventures. Do you want to go down the Rogue River, Klamath River, or Salmon River today?
Last week we went to Britt Gardens (“The Britt”) to see Garrison Keillor’s “A Prairie Home Companion Summer Love Tour.” I had never heard of Garrison Keillor before. It was an interesting evening, but I was at least 25 years too young to fully enjoy it all (thank goodness!). This was my first Britt show in maybe three years. Last time I was front and center for Chicago which was lots of fun.
Anyway, Jacksonville is a beautiful town, perhaps the best preserved of its era in the USA (or at least the western states). I’ll have to post more from Jacksonville in the future. Jacksonville is less than 20 miles from Ashland. Pictured above is what (I’m guessing based on the writing on the brick wall) is the old Levi Strauss Building.
A few days ago I took a friend to the Medford airport at 4:30 a.m. On my way home I took a bunch of pictures of Ashland just before the sun began to make its appearance. Today is the first of those images. I took it from Oak Street. This is the Ashland Railroad District. The building to the left is the A Street Marketplace which is 100 years old this year (built in 1910). For most of that time it was home to Oak Street Tank And Steel. In 2000 it was remodeled and turned into the current A Street Marketplace which has restaurants, a theater, and more.
Before my year in Japan I would visit Quiznos about once a week for lunch. It was my favorite place for lunch in fact. Just across the street from SOU, the Quiznos sub sandwiches were far superior to Subway (which is actually on campus).
After a week back in town I decided to go out for my first meal back home. I totally missed the “Space For Lease” sign and went straight to the door. There I found the sad news that Quiznos had gone out of business. Nooooooo……
I guess they didn’t think I was coming back to support them. 
There was always a line at lunch so I’m not sure what happened to cause the crash while I was gone. Maybe the place was empty at night and on weekends?
I bet there will be some students next month who are unhappy to find Quiznos went under while they were away on summer break.
A flashback to last summer’s 4th of July Parade in Ashland.
