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Fog in Ashland isn’t rare this time of year. It rolls in; it rolls out. The fog can be pretty, especially when we are perched above it. At night the fog normally can’t be seen even when it is there and we are above it, but for some, unknown reason a couple weeks ago, the fog was glowing. There was no full moon or moon at all. I still don’t know the cause.
Mount McLoughlin from Peabody’s Wayback
I went on my third snowshoeing adventure yesterday. I parked at Buck Prairie, snowshoed Peabody’s Wayback, and the location above is at or near Peabody’s Lookout. I never saw a sign that said Peabody’s Lookout so I may not have actually made it there. The trail ran out at this point so I headed straight down the mountain and ended up between the restroom and Natasha’s View on the map so I figure I was close to Peabody’s Lookout.
In the distance in today’s panorama photo you can see a portion of snowed over Howard Prairie Lake and beyond that Mt. McLoughlin on the left and Brown Mountain on the right. Next time I’ll have to bring my 70-300mm lens instead of my 14-24mm lens for a much more close up view of these beauties.
Club 66 – Ashland, Oregon – Philly Steak Sandwich with Pesto Salad
I enjoyed another great lunch at Club 66 on Ashland Street (old Good Times, Lumpy’s, Stillwater, Cebolla location) today. Above is my Philly Cheesesteak Sandwich along with a Pesto Salad on the side.
Tonight some reggae bands are playing (Sweetgrass, Frankie Hernandez, and Ras Cricket and The Cultivators). Saturday night is more reggae music (I think):
The Illies, Harlee Case
If reggae isn’t your thing (it isn’t mine), stop in before 8 for some food. Below is my lunch from the other day. Notice the steam coming off of those meatballs.
Club 66 spaghetti with meatballs and garlic bread
Jeff Bush – SOU Men’s Basketball
Southern Oregon University’s basketball teams head out on the road for this weekend’s games. Tonight they play the College of Idaho and tomorrow night they play the NAIA #1 ranked team, Eastern Oregon University, who the Raiders beat at home recently.
Today’s photo is from last week’s win against Evergreen State College in Ashland.
Brown Bear @ Wildlife Safari in Winston, Oregon
Today’s photo is from the archives. I took this picture almost a year ago through my rolled-down window in the car on our way back from the coast when we drove through the safari in Winston where I-5 meets the highway to the beach.
Cold sunrise over Ashland, Oregon
Like most of the West Coast of the USA over the past week, Ashland has been freezing–literally. Snow hasn’t fallen for about a week, but with lows in the teens every night since and highs around 30 degrees, not much has melted. Today we may finally hit 40 degrees, and we may even hit 50 at some point this weekend so there is hope that this state of affairs won’t last forever.
Gretchen Menn of Zepparella
Along with Hell’s Belles, Zepparella also played at the McDonald Theatre in Eugene this past Saturday night.
Zepparella at the McDonald Theatre – Eugene, Oregon – January 12, 2013
Clementine channeling John Bonham
Noelle Doughty knocking out the Led Zeppelin numbers with Robert Plant curls
Angeline Saris of Zepperella
Photo of the Year 2012 – Top 100
Three photos I submitted to the “Photo of the Year 2012” contest made the Top 100 and can now be voted on (until January 27, 2013). If you would be so kind I would appreciate your vote for my entries which can be found here, here, and here. You have to vote for 10 photos in total so pick another seven to go along with my three for your vote to count.
Adrian Conner of Hell’s Belles doing Angus Young on her Gibson SG guitar
While in Eugene, I attended the Hell’s Belles and Zepparella show at the historic McDonald Theatre. There was no photo pit which made photography a challenge even with my photo pass. I’ll post some more photos from the show of Hell’s Belles here.
Ashland, Oregon snowy day
I tried something a little different for today’s photo. I wanted to do a photomerge of I-5 with Ashland in the background with a twist. Normally, I photomerge by taking a series of photos starting with the left and moving right and then stitch them together in Photoshop. However, with most of the traffic coming from the right (heading south) I thought, “what if I find an interesting vehicle and capture it in several of the images?” When I saw the yellow school bus coming I started firing away from right to left. Hence it (and the cars right next to it) show up multiple times in the final photomerged panorama.