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Better late than never I suppose. I forgot about St. Patrick’s Day last week so I’m giving you a dose of it today instead. Stout Grove is loaded with clover. We spent a good deal of time looking for a four-leaf clover with no success.
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.
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.
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.
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.
In middle school my daughter was asked to list three possible careers. One she chose was “professional volleyball player.” I must admit that, in this photo anyway, she shows pretty good form and height for a 12-year old.
We had a bit of snow this morning, not as much as in this picture from a few weeks ago. Notice the semi trucks in the background chaining up on I-5 before heading over the Siskiyou Summit.
I have shown you a picture from this location on this November morning before, but I think I like the sky in this version a little more.
East Main Street in Ashland features many of Ashland’s well-known places such as the Ashland Springs Hotel, Travel Essentials, and the Columbia Hotel. The latter two are in the Enders Building (on the National Register of Historic Places), built in 1910. I believe the Columbia Hotel has been running in this location for over a hundred years now. Also notice the Oregon Shakespeare Festival heraldic banner.
Blue sky normally means instant death to snow in Ashland, but we were treated to a rare spectacle in late February. Today (March 9) Grizzly Peak, although still snow capped, looked a bit green and we hit 60 degrees, a sure sign that Spring is not far away.