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My favorite part of the aforementioned hike wasn’t the lake at the end (although it was beautiful). No, the best part, for me, was this meadow. My daughter, on the far left, agreed. She says she is going to get married in this meadow. I’ll show you some more pictures of it in later entries.
A different angle than I have previously shown you on the Ashland Springs Hotel.
The library steps are a popular place to watch the parade. I heard there were more than 25,000 in attendance this year. Not bad for a town with a population of under 22,000–especially when you consider that most of the 5,000 students who attend SOU are gone for the summer.
I think you are OK making a left here if this is the only oncoming traffic.
The parade route, before it begins, tingles with excitement. People are not yet tired from the heat. The day is still somewhat cool in fact. The median is lined with American flags and the Ashland Springs Hotel can be seen in the distance on the right. The fancy (mostly red) cars will hold the dignitaries and be at the start of the parade. Liberty Street Park (also known as Triangle Park) fills the area to the back left.
Being in the parade provided a unique vantage point for taking pictures. I’ve shown you The Black Sheep before, but it is funner this way with dozens of people in front of it, smiling at you, as you go down the parade route in a truck pulling a float.
I told you a couple days ago that the parade in town for the fourth is a big deal. So big that the First Couple couldn’t get a good spot on the road and had to stand on a roof instead.
You may recognize this residence from a prior entry. They put penguins up there for winter. I’ll have to remember to take a picture of that scene someday.
The tallest building in town, the Ashland Springs Hotel (formerly known as the Mark Antony and before that as the Lithia Hotel) is moving into its 85th year. Tomorrow thousands will gather in front of or near the hotel from all over Oregon and Northern California to participate in Ashland’s Fourth of July festivities.
Looking at Grizzly Peak from town you wouldn’t think that at the top lies a large, mostly flat meadow, but that is what you will find.
If you plan to hike other “peaks” in the area like Mt. Ashland, Mt. McLaughlin, or Pilot Rock you will find no such surprises on the top of them.
Ashland, Oregon from Grizzly Peak
I have shown you the reverse angle view of this spot many times before. But this is the first time you get to see Ashland from Grizzly Peak instead of vice versa. The rain was coming down hard and heavy when I took this or it could have turned out much better.
For one of my favorite shots of this location looking in the opposite direction from town click here.