1 year ago today…
AJ Cooper blocks field goal attempt to send SOU to second consecutive national championship game
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Warmer days
Lake of the Woods (Oregon)
Today’s random, desktop image comes from three and a half years ago.
Sarcalogos in Medford
Xoth and Sarcalogos
@sarcalogosband @Behold_Xoth
It’s been a long time since I’ve ventured out for a local show. Tomorrow night I may head on up I-5 to see this one. I’ve never been to King Wah. Hopefully it’s a decent venue. Three years ago is the last time I saw Sarcalogos. Almost five years ago was the first time. Time for a reunion.
TBT
John Duffy of Wehrmacht @ Musichead
Throwing it back a few years to one of those many classic Musichead shows that are no more. With the closing of Musichead and Club 66 I haven’t been to any live music in the Rogue Valley (other than Britt) for over half a year. So sad.
Feast for the farm
FEAST FOR THE FARM
October 28, 2016 6-9pm
A benefit to raise a barn at The Farm at SOU
The Feast and Silent Auction will be held at
EdenVale Winery-Voorhies Mansion Gardens
2310 Voorhies Road
Medford, Oregon
Three course wine dinner featuring local foods prepared by Finnish Chef Jukka Moilanen from the Saimaa University of Applied Sciences, along with SOU students in a Culinary Tourism class.
Music provided by local folk band Savanna.
Admission is $60 per person, $100 per couple, and additional donations are welcome.
To RSVP or donate to the benefit use this link.
Football @ Carroll College
7-photo photomerged panorama of Nelson Stadium @ Carroll College (Helena, Montana)
I’m not heading to Helena this year for tomorrow’s game. Today’s photo is from last year’s contest — the lightning game, which was the first game after the prior season’s snow game. Tomorrow’s weather looks great for football, for once, with highs around 60 degrees.
If you aren’t going to be in Helena either, the good news is Carroll College broadcasts their games for free in HD. You can watch the game online here beginning at noon on the west coast.
For a preview, click here.
Muir Creek Falls
After my first attempt ended in failure, I made it to Muir Creek Falls yesterday. No wonder there aren’t any photos or discussions of this place on the internet; the “easy” Muir Creek Trail is awful in its current condition. Parts of Muir Creek Trail are overgrown, parts have trees (many trees!) blocking the trail, and I completely lost the trail a few times.
After finally reaching the falls I decided not to go back the way I came. Instead I crossed the falls, via a fallen tree, to the other side. There is a house and barn on the other side. I became a bit freaked out, in part by an unrealized fear of some guy coming out of the house in the middle of nowhere and in part by the wild cows on the property. Instead of crossing through the property to get to road NF-2734 I opted to tough it out through the forest. Big mistake. I ran into more cows in the forest. Cows in the forest are scary. They never charged me, but they cursed me with their eyes, and I headed in the opposite direction. The forest terrain was very steep. I took a nasty fall at one point, did more bushwhacking than I would have liked, and ended up with blood trickling down hands, arms, and a leg.
I’m done visiting Muir Creek, but should you be so inclined, I have a few recommendations:
1) If taking Muir Creek Trail, be sure to have long pants on. Also, be sure you have the local map downloaded into your phone beforehand for offline use. GPS works out there, but there is no internet. Put the trail into your phone so you can find it when it disappears. Also, waterproof boots are a good idea as I ended up walking through 2-5″ of water several times.
2) Don’t try to get to Muir Creek from the east. The terrain is awful.
3) A possible easy route is via Road NF-2734. You’ll have to walk through the aforementioned property. I have no idea how often someone stays there or if they are friendly.
Brit Floyd @ Britt Festival
Brit Floyd @ Britt Festival (June 2015)
@brittfestivals @BritFloyd @FretHub @GetTheLedOut
Just a little throwback Thursday today to perhaps my favorite show of the 2015 Britt season. Speaking of cover bands at Britt, tomorrow is Get the Led Out (The American Led Zeppelin) and there are still tickets remaining.
Unlike the original Led Zeppelin (which never sounded very good live IMHO), I think this 6+ piece will be able to more closely replicate the incredibleness of Led Zeppelin’s studio albums than a 4-piece band.
Tom Ashbrook
Ian Cattell
Bobby Harrison
Fret Drifters @ Britt Festival opening for Pat Benatar
Fret Drifters @ Britt
@brittfestivals @NickGPMusic #thefretdrifters
Just got back from three days of Dave Matthews. Before that, there was this show at Britt. More pics of Andy, Nick, Pat, and Neil coming soon.