Chillin' in Ashland

We spent the next few days hitting up thrift stores, brewery, park and grocery stores. Our first stop was Goodwill so we could get us some clean clothes. Then, while doing some laundry, Dangit decided she needed to get herself a haircut-- it's been 2 months. We found ourselves a laundromat... but, to our dismay, all laundry detergent was sold out. We need to clean our clothes! We stink. There was a girl doing her laundry so Dangit decided to ask if we could use some of her detergent. Turns out, the girl recognized Dangit from Moscow, Idaho! She used to work at the Co-Op there! Such a small world! While Ferd took care of the laundry, Dangit went to a parlor around the corner and got her hair did. :) The lady who cut her hair (Willette) offered us a backyard to sleep in if we couldn't find any other place. That evening we walked downtown to Caldera Brewing and waited for Willette to come pick us up! We met her daughter, ate some dinner and went to bed.

The next two days were spent thrifting some more (we have an addiction!) and enjoying walking through Lithia Park-- a super awesome park that stretches from downtown Ashland to the mountains.
Our second to last night, we went to the movie theater and then stayed at a hotel for a night to ourselves watching shows about tornadoes. Then, we made our way the following day to Caldera Brewing before catching a bus to the airport in Medford, Oregon. We were taking the last bus from Ashland to Medford so that we could get to the airport as late as possible so we wouldn't have tons of people around when we set up "camp". The plans were jumbled a bit when, about 2/3 of the way to Medford, Dangit couldn't wait any longer to use a restroom (aka a bush) to relieve herself! We got off the bus just as we crossed into Medford and quickly found ourselves a bush... doesn't get much classier than that. We check the gps and we were just 5 miles from the airport... so... we started walking. Five miles? No problem. Turned out to be an amazing idea; we saw probably 5,000 birds fly from one telephone line to the next. So cool! Plus, Walmart was on the way and so we grabbed some snacks. A food co-op was also on the way.... so we stopped there too. Then, we saw a Thai restaurant and had our favorite, curry. Turned out that getting off the bus a little earlier was far more fun than we expected! We found the best spot to set up camp inside the airport at around 11:30pm, stuck some earplugs in and fell asleep.

Even with earplugs in, we could hear the people start to gather in the morning around 5:30am. How did we remedy the situation? We just shoved those earplugs in a little further and fell back asleep. Walking on the tarmac around 1pm made it feel official-- we are finished with our 2014 PCT excursion... what a wonderful adventure!

Celebrating at Caldera

Birds!