Ashland/Brookings Trip

Now that Fall has arrived in Portland, I figure its about time I get up the pictures of our final days of Summer. A couple of weeks ago we met up with some Scovilles (Sue, Greg, Scott and Bekah) in Ashland to see a Shakespeare play. Then we headed West to Brookings, OR to stay at a beach house for five days. The vacation was lovely, and a wonderful way to end summer. We loved the Shakespeare play, I've always wanted to go and was happy to be able to check it off the list. Walking around Ashland was really nice too. The house we stayed in felt like a Grandma's house with trinkets and very old, cheesy (or should I say "apple-y" there was quite the apple theme) wall paper throughout. These details made it feel cozy though. The deer in Ashland are quite comfortable with people to. At any given point in the day a deer would be in the backyard or walking down the sidewalk. So lovely.

Here is a picture of the Ashland House:

And here are some pictures of our Ashland fun:

 And after a very large breakfast...

 And a 3 hour drive...

We made it to the beach house in Brookings...

Some beach-combing and clam chowder later and we were picking wild-berries for a berry cobbler...

  
 Yummy food was devoured (including delicious Whiskey-chocolate cake and Lamb Tagine)...


and a good time was had by all...

THEN,

On the drive home to Portland, we spotted Elk on the side of the road. Surprisingly this was our second time on this trip spotting these beauties. The first time it was a group of about 40 elk with a good amount of males present, so the antlers were just gorgeous. Unfortunately we didn't take the time to stop and take pictures. Regretting it the whole trip we were so excited to get the opportunity for a second time. This time there was only one male, but still- gorgeous.

 

So, that concludes our grand beach-house-adventure. We had a wonderful time! Can't wait to be home for thanksgiving celebrating the wonderful season of crunchy golden leaves, and crisp cool weather.