Joy at the Jackson County Fair
Trisha Moore Anderson wins a $15,000 boat from River Hawk
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Remember that time you went to the fair to see 38 Special but won a boat before they hit the stage?
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Danielle Kelly Soul Project @ Jackson County Fair
Danielle Kelly Soul Project @ Jackson County Fair (7/24/15)
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Richard Meyer
Gordon Greenley
Matthew Kriemelman
Paul Turnipseed
Danielle Kelly
Happy birthday, Bubba Rylance!
Bubba Rylance (#59) and Drew Gibson (#77)
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Stuck
Rogue River (Rainie Falls)
Rainie Falls on the Rogue River is considered Class V whitewater (AKA waterfall). Most people go around it by going down the fish ladder. This lady didn’t and she fell out of her boat. Rather than dive into the waterfall and swim for the shore, she waited for a rescue boat to come down which she jumped in as it went by.
For a wider angle view of this location (and directions if you want to hike the trail), click here.
BTW, we are going down the Rogue next week. We’ve never done more than a day trip before, but we will spend four days on the river going from Galice to Foster Bar. We will be camping for three nights and passing the location of today’s photo on day one. We will also encounter six sets of Class III rapids and a Class IV.
TBT
Ra Sjeon Hines blocked punt (October 2013)
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Less than 45 days until the 2015 season begins…
Harlequin @ Musichead
Harlequin @ Musichead (7/20/15)
Harlequin’s Neyda
Changes to the Pilot Rock trail
Pilot Rock (Ashland, Oregon)
Just a mile over the California border lies Pilot Rock (in Oregon). I made it to the top today for the third time. However, I think this will be my last time. Today was my first time in almost eight years, and I don’t remember it being this difficult. I don’t think it has changed which means I must be the one who has. (I’m getting old.)
The trail to the top has changed and is currently changing. Recently the old part of the trail you can see in the lower-right portion of today’s photo has been covered over in branches. Instead of a straight up, wide ascent over loose gravel for this old part of the trail, a new switchback has been created. Nice. A big improvement.
The other new change to the trail is its length. Previously you could park near the intersection of the Pilot Rock trail head and the PCT. No more. They are currently turning the last mile or so of these directions into single track. I’m guessing that by the beginning of September 2015 the fire road that previously took you to the small parking lot will all be single track. The new parking lot is much bigger. The Pilot Rock hike is now a mile or so longer (each way).
If you want to see what turning a fire road into a single track hiking trail looks like, head up there in the next few days or weeks. The process is surprisingly interesting.
Also, the recently refreshed and marked Lone Pilot Trail can be accessed from the location of the old parking lot.
Lone Pilot Trail (Southern Oregon)
Ides of Gemini
Ides of Gemini @ Club 66 (7/15/15)
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Six metal bands in Medford tonight
@Rezet_Metal @VileDescent
All ages. Although I may have seen part of Körbl once, Warhead is the only band I’ve seen before. The other bands are Rezet, Harlequin, Vile Descent, and Velosity.
Clay Rendering
Clay Rendering @ Club 66
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The fourth of five bands for Club 66 on this day, Clay Rendering didn’t go on until almost 10 on a Wednesday night which unfortunately meant that nearly all of the crowd there for the 5-8 p.m. show were long gone. Too bad as there are many in the Rogue Valley who would have enjoyed the sonic ritual.