After our very enjoyable bicycle ride yesterday, we checked out of the Wolf Creek Inn and traveled southward to the small town of Ashland. Soon after passing though Sunny Valley, we entered a cold fog that continued all of the way to Ashland, only getting colder as we drove south.

We checking into the Ashland Springs Hotel, where we were told that our room had been upgraded to ‘Deluxe View King’ on the top (ninth) floor. When we arrived in the room, we found it cold and condensation on the single pane windows. But as the town was covered in fog, there was not that much to look at anyway.

We celebrated our Anniversary with dinner at Macaroni’s Ristorante. Then, we walked to the Tingstad and Rumble concert. Joanne and I were overwhelmed with great music in a very intimate setting.

The next morning, we woke up to a very cold Ashland – 18 Degrees. Frost covered everything with a gloomy freezing fog in covering the town. We had hoped to ride our bicycles up to 7,532 foot Mt. Ashland. After seeing the weather, we changed our plans.

We checked out of the hotel, and headed north toward home. We hoped that we would drive out of the fog and into the sun, which shone north of Ashland the day before. We were disappointed. The fog must have covered the entire state. Realizing that we would not find any sunshine, Joanne plotted a route northwest of Roseburg.

It was colder than yesterday, hillier than yesterday but we had fun.