Rainshowers and Starshowers

November in the Rogue Valley can be a time of volatile weather patterns. We have had a very mild fall with warm days and cool nights that led into a surprise cloaking of heavy fog. The fog lasted for 5 days,and temperatures remained steady between 41 and 45 degrees day and night. Then it rained. As the warmer weather moved into the valley, the fog lifted and the cloaking fog lifted to reveal the surrounding mountains. As the evergreen peaks were revealed, the sun peaked through, pale blue sky appeared and the views became spectacular.

Between rainshowers at night, the clouds parted and the brilliant autumn stars danced vividly in the night sky. The Milky Way offered an extra background brilliance as the starshowers fell in front. Autumn evenings of stargazing and puffy, cloudy days make another great season in the Rogue River Valley.

Oregon Rafting

Ride into the Wild Rogue

While taking a photo trip along the river, we watched three horseback riders enter the water from the river right. There are no roads going in or out and access is miles away on a rough, little used, mostly forgotten logging and mining road. There used to be an old homestead where the horses and their riders entered the river corridor. There are remnants of canning and food preservation artifacts, other household items and some mining debris. Everything else has been washed away over the years from high water and floods. The site is now used by rafters and fishermen for picnicking and camping.

The riders were obviously enjoying the gorgeous day, full of autumn colors and took their horses into the water at the rocky bank on the bend of the river. They rested for a moment and then turned back into the wilderness for their return journey. Watching them from a distance above was like a trip back in time and into the wild west!

Oregon River Rafting
Rogue River Rafting Day Trips