Ashland

It’s like the Shakespeare Theme Park for grown ups.

Once while traversing Lithia Park a cool looking guy named Mike asked me if I wanted to buy any herb. Unfortunately I was broke, and have yet to try Ashland weed.

And another time when I was walking over a bridge on the trail three Huck Finn-esque boys with no shirts, barefoot and sporting accesories made from vines, bark and animal bones walked down from the side of the mountain.

*Renaissance Rose/Gypsy Rose
*The Library is small but homey
*Excellent old cemetary downtown to satisfy your morbid tastes
*It’s fun to photograph strange looking people lolling about on the grass in Lithia Park

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My relatives have always lived in Ashland since I’ve been alive. Therefore, I’ve had the privilege of coming down here numerous times to visit them. Ashland is a wonderful city in almost many regards.

Although Ashland isn’t a large city (21,430 in 2006) it is a very walkable city. According to Walkscore.com, the downtown core scores a perfect 100/100 and it truly is so. Almost everything in the city is within 5 blocks of the Shakespeare theater.

And speaking of Shakespeare, this is obviously what makes the town so famous. The Oregon Shakespeare Festivial is fantastic. Ashland is a fantastic home base for seeing a bunch of plays. When the plays aren’t going on, there are many wonderful restaurants to eat at. Lithia Park provides a very relaxing, if not romatic setting for a nice walk.

Overall, I personally think that Ashland is the coolest small town in the United States. It’s got more than enough for a tourist, and knowing my relatives clue me in on all the local happenings.

Its awesome! they might have a dude who will come up to you and ask for change and he smells like feet and eggs in a blender. don’t give him any thing and he’ll walk away, (if you do give him something like deootorent (which he clearly needs)be prepard to see him a lot.)

Ashland is my home town, and by far my favorite place in the United States. For such a little town, there’re just so many cool things to see and interesting things to do.