We’ve just hiked our way to the top of a plateau known as Upper Table Rock and the view is breathtaking! It’s so quiet I can hear my heart pounding as it settles back into a normal rhythm after our ascent. The dark gray rain-filled clouds are hovering and ready to burst. The air is cool while the birds soar in silent flight. Off in the distance we can hear the forlorn sound of a train whistle and the picturesque patchwork views of the pear orchards, in the valley below, hold our...
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The hot days of summer are quickly approaching. To help you plan for a beautiful display in front of your store, business, home, or garden even under the warmest conditions Ashland Greenhouses has planned another FREE CLASS! Retail Sales Manager Sara Watson will teach about which plant choices will provide fun and colorful displays even in the hottest season. Click here to learn more about this event.
Call to let them know you’ll be joining the class: 541-482-2866.
When: Saturday, June...
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Standing Stone Brewing Co. is rolling into a new year of Pints for a Purpose, the brewery’s long-standing beer sales donation program. The upcoming donation season spans Fall 2012- Spring 2013, and the brewery is accepting applications from Southern Oregon nonprofits now through September 30th, 2012.
With Pints for a Purpose, nonprofits receive 25 cents for every pint of specialty beer sold at Standing Stone for three weeks. The brewpub also holds a kickoff party to launch each series...
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Standing Stone Brewing Co is one of eight national winners in a video contest presented by farming and construction equipment supplier New Holland. The winning prize, a new Boomer 30 Tractor, arrived Friday out front of the restaurant and brewery in downtown Ashland for use on their farmland a mile away.
Standing Stone’s video entry won a free 5-year lease on the compact and small-operations tractor model. The piece of equipment will be used for new and continuing projects on the...
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Southern Oregon’s Illinois River is a tributary to the Rogue River and offers exciting whitewater and a thrilling multi-day river trip for those who launch at Miami Bar. The river can be accessed after a 1.5 hour drive from Ashland, first up I-5 to Grants Pass and then down Highway 199 South to the town of Kerby. Most trips on the Illinois start roughly 18 miles down the Illinois River Road, accessed from the small town of Selma.
During a weekend of sun and good river flows, a group from...
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This story was originally posted on the Girls Who Get Around Travel Blog. Written by Dana Woodruff of Ashland, Oregon.
As a young kid, my family spent a lot of time each year on the river. We lived in La Grande, Oregon, and not far from our home were the Grande Ronde, Owyhee, Snake, and Lower Salmon rivers. Even after leaving home, river trips have continued to be an important part of my life and what I look forward to most when summer arrives. There are not too many things that remind me of...
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