Finally, after many years of threats and promises we made our way south to Ashland for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Mom and Dad Snootypurse joined us with their RV.
We started our visit with a Backstage Tour offered by the OSF. These tours are led by members of the acting company and are highly recommended. I learned on our tour that OSF is a unique example of "repertory theatre" meaning that multiple plays are showing simultaneously. This presents exceptional challenges for the set crew because they have to reset the stage for each new play. Sometimes twice a day!
The photo above is of the open-air Elizabethan theatre. This is the most well-known of the 3 OSF stages in Ashland. We have tickets to see Pirates of Penzance here tomorrow night!
In the afternoon we drove north a few miles to Medford; the headquarters of Harry and David. We took a guided tour of their factory. This picture shows the production line for packing peaches. We also saw them assembling a signature "Tower of Treats" and brewing up some Moose Munch. Since I work in bits and bytes, it was interesting to see a factory where things are actually made. The samples after the tour were good too!
The last photo is taken in the lobby of the packing area of a giant inlaid Riviera Pear. Harry and David are famous for these pears but we think the pears from our local farmer's market and Hood River are a little better.
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