Beach volleyball in Ashland
Garfield Park has a couple of sand volleyball courts. Ellie and her friends are enjoying their daily, after-school workouts.
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Today’s photo is from our trip to Brookings last month…
Ashland in the Siskiyous
The first few times I drove up or down I-5 through Ashland, long before moving here, I remember thinking how cool this town looked, all nestled up against the Siskiyou Mountain Range. I still feel that way even after almost 11 years as a resident.
I took this photo yesterday, near I-5, looking towards the main part of town. Grizzly Peak was at my back when I captured this image.
Moss and clover in Stout Grove
Part of the beauty of Stout Grove is that if you tire (not likely) of looking at the enormous redwoods, you can always take in the lower scenery featuring ferns, clover, and moss aplenty.
Shadows cover the town while sunlight hits the greening mountains
I took today’s photo (yesterday) from the Ashland Springs Hotel. The clouds made for some spectacular scenery and shadows. Grizzly Peak looks best this time of year as it isn’t normally this green.
Low tide at dawn in Brookings
I’m a morning person. So even though no one else was close to being up on our only morning in Brookings last week, I went out for a walk on the beach. According to the tide tables, this was to be the lowest tide of the month. Compared to the day before at high tide (in which we couldn’t even make it to the beach due to the high water level), this was a completely different scene. There was more beach than I could imagine. The last 100 feet or so of beach consisted of sand that didn’t appear to ever get dry. Even though the Pacific Ocean was still a ways out there, my shoes (and not just the bottoms) got wet in this super low-tide stuff. The sand was so wet, still, that it reflected the sky and made for a nice picture. I’m not sure if I like the dog running into the corner of the picture or not.
Back to Brookings
The tsunami from Japan’s Tohoku Earthquake traveled thousands of miles and ended up affecting the Oregon Coast as well. I’m not sure if all of this driftwood was moved by the recent tsunami or not, but it did seem like more, and more recently arranged, than what one normally sees on the Oregon Coast.
Brookings was evacuated for the tsunami so the lady who rented us the place (right on the ocean but about 70 feet above it at high tide) couldn’t tell us exactly what it was like. She said they came back immediately after the forced evacuation time ended to watch the ocean come in and then out in massive movements like they hadn’t seen before. We were able to witness similar phenomena, on a much smaller scale, when the tides changed. The tsunami, even 5,000 miles from its origin, must have been spectacular.
Stout Grove
One of the main reasons we went to the Oregon Coast this past weekend was to show our Japanese friend, Takumi, some California Redwood trees. There is no better place for doing so than Stout Grove in Jedediah Smith State Park. Even though it was raining, Takumi quickly feel in love with the redwoods.
Beach in Brookings, Oregon
We just got back from a couple of days in Brookings on the Oregon Coast. The forecast was for non-stop rain, but we got lucky a for an hour or so with a bit of sun. This beach is about 3 miles south of the entrance to the Chetco River. It’s actually just a bit north of the Crissey Field State Park. You probably can’t access it easily without renting a place that is on the beach.
Corner of Euclid Avenue and Ashland Street
Euclid Avenue in Ashland is a funny street. It cuts diagonally through a chunk of town in which all of the other streets form the more typical grid. I like the view from the top, pictured here. Grizzly Peak has been snow capped for a while now.