Friday 4th October
Jo and I decided to take a walk to downtown Grants Pass but first we drove down to Tussing Park, cutting off the more boring part of the journey. We crossed the pedestrian bridge over the Rogue river, stopping first of all for the obligatory photo:
Along the river path then through the suburbs - now time for ice cream. The Soda Fountain did the job.
Saturday 5th October
I decided it was time to get out on the bike again and so I went for another wander round GP, stopping at Riverside park for a quick selfie:
Then it was downtown again - it was Saturday Grower's Market day:
It was a busy day downtown because it was also the annual Art on the Rogue day when streets are cordoned off and artists are invited to use the tarmac as a backdrop for their chalk - and occasionally, paint - work. Scott, Lucy and Jo hadn't seen this so we all went back in the afternoon to walk round the ever-expanding exhibits, after which we drove out to Applegate bridge and had dinner at a beautiful spot on the patio at the Lindsay Lodge, overlooking the river and the steel box bridge:
Sunday 6th October
The day of the annual Wine Walk in aid of breast cancer charities at Del Rio winery. Lucy's pal, Shari, had to pull out so Jo was the super-sub. We dropped them off and Scott and I went for a few holes of golf nearby:
A little surprisingly the girls finished before we did and by the time we got back to Del Rio to pick them up at least one of them was a little squiffy - and chuffed that she'd managed to complete the 3 mile hike round the winery and not (quite) be last!
Monday 7th October
Quiet day. Jo and I went to the 11:30 am showing of the latest Joker movie. When we arrived we thought the cinema must be closed - there were no cars in the car park and little sign of life until we entered the building. We bought our tickets and a Diet Coke to share. Jo had made up a couple of sandwiches for us as the food there is pretty gross, and she had put them in the bottom of her back pack with her jumper on top. Jo must have been feeling a little guilty as she then asked for a small carton of popcorn. Sure enough, one of the staff asked to look in to her bag - company policy she said - but Jo bluffed her way through it and the two of us then skulked in to a completely empty movie theater - the first time either of us had watched a full film at the cinema with nobody else present.
We decided to drive down to Medford after the movie to get a gift for Audrey's birthday next week - and one for little Kendall too.
Tuesday 8th October
Back to Table Rock again but this time Jo and I took on Lower Table Rock, which sits almost adjacent to Upper Table Rock which Barry, Helen and I had hiked. The names are a little confusing - they don't refer to the height of the plateaus, but rather to their location along the Rogue river. Both are just over 2,000 feet above sea level - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_and_Lower_Table_Rock - but the actual height climbed, according to my Strava stats, shows the Lower one had 242 m of climbing while the Upper one had just 228 m. Certainly, the Lower one is a bit harder as there are more straight uphill stretches whilst the Upper one is virtually all gentle zig-zags.
Anyway, with the promise of a visit to Dairy Queen, Jo successfully made it to the top:
We did a drive-through at Dairy Queen and each had a medium "Blizzard" - Jo's being the seasonal Pumpkin Pie flavour. We never learn - they were very nice at the time but we really should have just shared a small one as we suffered a bit afterwards.
Wednesday 9th October
We await the arrival of Cade today - he's coming down to Grants Pass for an eye test etc and while he's here, Scott's going to do some maintenance on his car - bleeding the brakes etc. Cade goes back to work tomorrow and Audrey arrives here for a few days, including a birthday party for her on Saturday, with Scott's family joining too.
