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A few weeks ago, on my way home, I notice what looked like a mushroom cloud from a nuclear explosion in the southeast portion of the sky. It wasn’t quite as pronounced by the time I got home and took this picture, but it still looked a bit out of the ordinary.
In less than two months I will be moving to Tokyo for a year. I don’t want this blog to dry up and die while I’m gone. While the updates may not be quite daily while I’m away I’m hoping that with a hundred or so images from my archives and a little help from some of you who live in the Rogue Valley we can keep things interesting and fresh around here. I may even have a Tokyo week on Ashland Daily Photo from time to time while I’m in Japan.
Today’s image is the first photo from a guest contributor. This picture is of Medford, taken from the RoxyAnn Winery, and was provided courtesy of a former student of mine, Amanda Bullock.
If you have some high quality images of Ashland, or the Rogue Valley, and would like to see them published here drop me a line.
Today’s picture was taken from the highway, window rolled down, going 65 MPH. The snow on Mt. Ashland is mostly gone now in mid-June, but there was still quite a bit when I took this on May 19. The Ashland Springs Hotel is the most visible and recognizable building. My house is among the trees beyond the hotel. A great place to live…
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On the way home from our Crater Lake field trip I was in the passenger seat. I took this picture out of the window while traveling at 60+ MPH on Highway 62. This body of water is known as Lost Creek Lake.
For some, unknown reason our guide never took us to the lake. I think most of the kids didn’t even see Crater Lake on this Crater Lake field trip. I wasn’t going to miss it though. When you have traveled to one of the Top 10 Natural Wonders of the World you may as well look at it.
Crater Lake was in fine form on this day.
For some unknown reason our showshoe guide took us away from Crater Lake. Sure the views were still fantastic, like the one above of the Klamath Basin, but I hadn’t seen Crater Lake in nearly ten years. I had never seen it with snow or with the wicked, cool blue and cloudy sky that was now appearing.
I was dying inside, wanting to break from my field trip group to see the lake. But I performed my fatherly and chaperone duties and stuck with the group. I hoped the weather wouldn’t change before getting to the lake. Stay tuned to see if it did…
After arriving at Crater Lake it appeared my luck had not changed. Once again, I could not see the lake. I was there for a snowshoeing experience with my daughter’s class as a field trip. As we began snowshoeing the thick clouds started to break up.
Apparently the snow isn’t all gone from this area until July. The above photo was taken on May 19, 2009, and there was close to 10 feet of snow under foot. The temperature in Ashland the day before hit 90.
At this point in the day I was very hopeful that the scenery at Crater Lake would be spectacular as we had some blue sky. The last two times I went to Crater Lake were disappointing as I didn’t get to see the lake due to poor weather conditions.
On our way to Crater Lake we stopped at the Rogue River Gorge. I’ve visited this location three or four times before, but the water was coming through at a far more ferocious rate than I have previously witnessed.
Today’s entry will wrap up the Chico trip. After departing Castle Lake we continued north on I-5.
We stopped in Yreka for lunch at Pat’s BBQ Express. I haven’t eaten often in Yreka simply because it is less than an hour from Ashland so if I’m hungry in Yreka I usually just press for home. I will definitely eat in Yreka more often now that I’ve experienced Pat’s BBQ. It was fantastic. I had pulled pork spaghetti with garlic bread. It was all very mouth watering. The smoker the pork came from was right out front giving off wonderful smells from the dinner meat.