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Contrails sunrise over Ashland, Oregon
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Autumn sunrise
Ashland, Oregon
A scene out my window this morning…
Early fall
Ashland had a great sky yesterday. The autumn colors are just beginning. No snow on Mt. Ashland yet, and the forecast shows 80s for the next couple weeks so no snow on Mount A in the near future.
Tennis court with a view of Grizzly
Ashland Hills Hotel
@NHGoregon
I spent this past Thursday at Ashland Hills Hotel. The prior time was on September 11, 2001, but that’s another story.
Anyway, I never knew of the tennis court on the property, a court with perhaps the best view of Grizzly Peak in town. I would have a hard time focusing on hitting the ball in such an environment.
Wine grapes
@valleyviewwine
Picking season is almost here. Today’s photo comes from Valley View Winery in Jacksonville (Ruch actually in the Applegate) almost a couple weeks ago.
Rogue River Gorge
Rogue River Gorge (Union Creek, Oregon)
UG MiM students @ Crater Lake
Guanajuato MiM group @ Crater Lake
@SOUAshland @UdeGuanajuato
Last summer I taught in Guanajuato, Mexico for SOU’s MiM program. One MiM student from Ashland traveled to Mexico to take the class. The Mexican students got to thinking that they should do what that Ashland student did and take a MiM class in Ashland. So this summer most of my class from last summer came to Ashland and took a class. On their off day we went to Crater Lake.
Umpqua Elk
Dean Creek Elk Viewing Area (Highway 38, Oregon)
We are currently in Seaside, Oregon for the 34th Annual Seaside Beach Volleyball Tournament. Today’s photo comes from our drive to Seaside. We decided to take Highway 38 (between Roseburg and Reedsport) because we never had before. Along the way we saw a couple fields on the left side of the highway (the right side was the Umpqua River) with elk.
Blossom Bar
Rogue River’s Blossom Bar
#mynwrcphoto @NWRafting
Today’s photo features our trip leader, Dustin of Northwest Rafting Co., taking a duckie (AKA single-person raft) down the river’s most difficult rapid. On average, more than one person a year dies in these rapids. We all made it through without even capsizing. However, only the guides rode the single-person rafts down. The private group after us wasn’t so lucky. They were all OK though.
Once upon a time, Blossom Bar was impassable. Glen Wooldridge made Blossom Bar passable in the 20th Century by using strategically placed charges of dynamite. He would row up to a rock, drop dynamite onto the other side of the rock, and then quickly row away. He repeated this process until Blossom Bar became configured the way it is today.