C of C Day!

When we left this morning to go out and about, hubby says, "This is a Chamber of Commerce day for Ashland, Oregon."  The sky was blue with a few clouds...no smoky, heat-induced summer haze in the air!  Beautiful!  The kind of day that the Chamber of Commerce orders when they want to entice you to move to their neighborhood.

Note:  This photo was taken from moving car.

Went to nearby historic Jacksonville, with plenty of old buildings full of great shopping!

Here's Michael (Paul's brother), Diane (his wife) and Paul in front of the local establishments with the local trolley tour behind them.

Had a delicious lunch at the Jacksonville Inn patio and opted for dessert.  Here's our before and after pics.  

It looks like a site of mass destruction, doesn't it?  :)

Pumpkin patch at local farm market getting close to being ready for Halloween.

Went to Belle Fiore Winery for wine tasting and bought two more bottles for road!  

As we were leaving the winery, we saw these two bucks with their families in the field.  I asked if they were part of a game farm and they're not.  I wonder if they have a fall hunting season here, sure would be nice meat and trophy for someone.

 We also saw (but didn't get photo) of two guys walking their sheep down the street.  Not sure if they were props for a play or not.  Very interesting and beautiful spot of Oregon, that we hate to leave tomorrow.  But we must get on the road again.