Medford, Oregon

Our first full day in Medford was pretty uneventful. Slept in late, had breakfast and then we got moved or rather upgarded to a suite room because we are Choice Rewards members of the hotel chain we usually stay with. It gets us an extra 10% off the room rate, free upgrades when available and we pile up points towards a free nights stay.

Not a lot to say about Medford and environs. We did drive up to Jacksonville which is a very small town in the foothills west of Medford famous mainly for the Britt Festival which takes place this time of year. Very famous classical, jazz and country performers come here to the open air stage. We wandered through the 3 block main street and into the few shops that attracted us. Not much going on.

Then we drove into downtown Medford. Again, not much there. We drove up and down the main street of downtown and found it pretty much dead. So after a while we drove over to the area nearer our hotel. Had dinner at Si Casa Flores again. So good we decided to go again tonight. Then we went to Fred Meyer to find some Oregon wines to take back with us. We found some pretty good deals on local Pinot Gris and bought 6 bottles so we could get the extra 10% discount, plus Oregon has no sales tax so we saved another 8% there.

Back in our room now and ready for a quiet evening watching a movie. Tomorrow we plan to drive up to Crater Lake, somewhere neither of us have ever been but have always wanted to go.