This past Memorial day weekend, Kerrie, my dad and I headed down to our family cabin on the Rogue River called Timeout Ranch. We needed to do some major yard work on the property to get it ready for summer use. We arrived late on Friday night and promptly got the fire pit roaring and beers cracked open. The next day my dad and I mowed the giant lawn, weeded, pruned, chopped firewood, and fixed sprinklers. Kerrie and my dad dropped me off at the Upper Table Rock Trailhead so that I could go for a run while they headed into Medford to get some supplies. The trail to table rock is pretty steep so I was sucking wind after spending all day doing yard work. Once on top, I ran through the open wildflower filled mesa to the aircraft beacon, then looped back around on the primary hiking trail. The weather was coming in fast so I had to high tail in back down the car.
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| View from the top of Upper Table Rock |
That evening, we all had dinner with my grandma at the RogueValley Country Club and spent the night sitting around the campfire drinking beers.
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| Kerrie warming up around the wood burning stove |
The following day we did more yard work and laid the pipe for the irrigation system and reinstalled the pump. After that we climbed in the car and headed over to check out Ashland. I really wanted to take a run in Lithia Park, but I didn’t have the time and didn’t want to make everyone wait for me. We had lunch at the Standing Stone Brewery, check out the various Shakespearean Theaters (which Ashland is famous for) then grabbed another pint at Caldera Brewing.
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| The Outdoor Theater |
With all the rain and snow the PNW has had this past winter and spring, the Rogue River was extremely high so we would have to wait to put in the dock till the river went down. This also meant that the fishing would not be so good so I didn’t get another chance to try and check some more trout. After fishing on the McKenzie, I’m starting to enjoy the relaxation and occasional excitement that comes from fishing. And I now know how to clean and eat the trout which makes it that much more fulfilling.
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| Looking back at the cabin from the river. Ry Dog getting used to his life jacket. It will be good for our rafting trips this summer. |
The weather finally cleared up on Monday so we hung around the cabin finishing up some chores and took off back to Portland around 2pm. We proceeded to follow every RV and motor home back up I-5.
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Bryan
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| Wildflowers on Table Rock |
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| Aircraft Beacon |
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