Yesterday, on Shabbos, I went for a walk and found an odd collection of buildings just down the road from where we were parked.  Turns out it’s The Oregon Extension, a “semester in the woods” college program targeted primarily towards students at Christian colleges.  Sounds like a great program.

Last night, after Shabbos, we drove to Ashland and stayed at the Albertsons in Ashland.

This morning, we headed north and stopped at a railroad park in Medford.  It’s only open two Sundays a month, so we were very lucky to get there at just the right time.  They had an extensive indoor HO gauge display:

 

The best part was the road barricades that came down automatically when the trains passed by:

Next we checked out the outdoor O gauge garden trains:

There was quite a bit of attention to detail, like this junk yard:

There was a separate display with Thomas-themed trains:

Bridges over the model river:

They had a Thomas ride-on train for the little kids:

For adults and older kids, there were a number of ride-on trains:

All aboard:

Through one of several tunnels:

They had a number of full size train cars on display as well:

They are in the process of restoring an old engine:

After leaving the train center, we headed north to Grants Pass, OR.  We are staying at the Walmart here tonight.

  See the trip map for today’s drive and our current location.