Rogue River

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Posted on July 29th, 2020 under nature, outside of ashland, people. Tags: ellie, Nikon 24-120mm f/4G ED AF-S VR, Nikon D750, rogue river, ryan. Comments Off on Five years ago today…

Rogue Wild & Scenic River

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Today’s photo comes from July of 2015, which was also the last time I was in the USA in July (until this year). That year included a trip down the Wild & Scenic portion of the Rogue River, a wonderful July 4 celebration, and lots of Britt shows. There was also a bunch of smoke in the Rogue Valley that year.

This year there will be no trips down the Rogue, July 4 festivities, or Britt. Hopefully there won’t be any smoke as minor compensation.

Posted on June 25th, 2020 under nature, outside of ashland. Tags: landscape, Nikon 24-120mm f/4G ED AF-S VR, Nikon D750, rogue river, water. Comments Off on Rogue River Revisited

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Posted on January 19th, 2020 under outside of ashland. Tags: Nikon 24-120mm f/4G ED AF-S VR, Nikon D750, rogue river, water. Comments Off on Rock slide (Tate Creek Slide) on the wild and scenic portion of the Rogue River

Posted on December 9th, 2019 under nature, outside of ashland, photography, places. Tags: landscape, Nikon 24-120mm f/4G ED AF-S VR, Nikon D500, rogue river, snow, winter. Comments Off on Natural Bridge on the Rogue River

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My random, desktop image of the day comes from three summers ago.

Posted on June 8th, 2018 under outside of ashland. Tags: moon, Nikon 24-120mm f/4G ED AF-S VR, Nikon D750, rogue river. Comments Off on Flashback Friday

On our way back from Crater Lake a couple weeks ago we stopped at the Rogue River Gorge Viewpoint where I took this photo. The parking lot is covered in snow this time of year so if you want to see the gorge you’ll want a good pair of shoes on so you can walk through a bit of snow to get to the paved trail. Park near Beckie’s Cafe.

Posted on March 26th, 2018 under nature, outside of ashland. Tags: Nikon 24-120mm f/4G ED AF-S VR, Nikon D750, rogue river, snow, water, winter. Comments Off on Rogue River Gorge Viewpoint

Posted on January 28th, 2018 under nature, outside of ashland. Tags: Nikon 24-120mm f/4G ED AF-S VR, Nikon D750, rogue river, wildlife. Comments Off on Sawbills on the Rogue River

The view out the window of the plane on my way to Hawaii earlier this week.

Posted on December 16th, 2017 under outside of ashland. Tags: aerial, Lower Table Rock, Nikon 24-120mm f/4G ED AF-S VR, Nikon D750, rogue river. Comments Off on Aerial view of Table Rock

Today’s photo comes from my snowshoeing adventure a couple weekend’s ago. Although I’ve turned out at Rogue River Gorge Viewpoint on Highway 62 more than a dozen times over the years, I had never been to Natural Bridge Viewpoint before. The two are very close to each other, but Natural Bridge is a bit off the highway.

During winter you can’t get to the viewpoint via a car. That fact made this trek interesting for me. I was able to park in the normal turnout on Highway 62 even though the road (Rd 300 on Google maps) is not plowed. There was room for maybe three cars, but mine was the only one there on this day. From there I walked on snowshoes a little over half a mile to this location.

The Rogue River was higher than normal so the natural bridge in today’s photo isn’t that visible, but in person the scene was pretty spectacular. Water goes underground, through a lava tube, before exiting back into the Rogue River 250 feet downstream.

Posted on February 20th, 2017 under nature, outside of ashland, places. Tags: Nikon 24-120mm f/4G ED AF-S VR, Nikon D500, rogue river, snow, winter. Comments Off on Natural Bridge