May 10th, 2012
A hike to the top of Bald Butte is a a great choice for an early season hike in the Upper Hood River Valley! A wonderful display of Mt Hood National Forest wildflowers, Lupine, Balsam Root, Indian Paintbrush, to name a few, covers the hillside from mid-April through June. The views from the Butte are amazing, [...]
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May 7th, 2012
The acres and acres of blossoms in the Hood River Valley have now turned to itsy bitsy pieces of fruit. And for the next 4 months we will watch them grow and wait for the amazing crop of pears, apples, cherries, peaches and other varieties of fruit. In June and July come the berries and [...]
Keep reading Now We Wait and Watch ‘Em Grow
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May 1st, 2012
Snow levels dropped to about 3000′ last night just above the orchards which sit in the Upper Hood River Valley at about 2000′. The valley beekeepers just put the hives into the blooming orchards this morning. Hope it warms up a bit so those busy bees can do what they do best. The Old Parkdale Inn [...]
Keep reading Winter’s Holding On in the Hood River Valley
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April 21st, 2012
We sure do! Our gardens are a flurry of avian activity! Sparrows, finches, blackbirds, chickadees…the list goes on. Our most colorful visitors so far this spring have been the Evening Grosbeaks. They are a beautiful bird, don’t you think? And we have had at least 50 feeding regularly at our many feeding stations. The gardens [...]
Keep reading Got Birds? Plenty here at our backyard feeders and throughout the Hood River Valley
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April 20th, 2012
Slow cooking pears in the crockpot sure makes the inn smell wonderful. I start with about 5-7 pounds of pears from the Hood River Valley. With so many growers we have the pick of the crop for the very best Pears in the World! The Hood River Valley is the largest pear growing region [...]
Keep reading Making Butter with Hood River Valley Pears in the Crockpot
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April 17th, 2012
Many of you know Tilly, our canine hostess here at the Old Parkdale Inn Bed and Breakfast. Her pedigree is half Greater Swiss Mountain Dog and half Bernese Mountain Dog. She joined our family in December 2004 at just 3 months old. At only 17 pounds she was able to ride on my lap home [...]
Keep reading It’s A Mountain Dogs Life near the Mt Hood National Forest
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March 24th, 2012
During our very busy summer months I haven’t got time to try out new recipes. So I like to take advantage of this slower time of year to research new breakfast menu ideas. I’ve created a Pinterest page for the Old Parkdale Inn, http://pinterest.com/innparkdale. One board is called ‘Maybe for Breakfast.’ The photos and links [...]
Keep reading Stuffed Potatoes with Egg ~ A New Favorite at the Old Parkdale Inn Bed and Breakfast
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March 22nd, 2012
Last week we explored a abandoned section of the Historic Columbia River Highway, The Wygant Trail begins at the Mitchell Point trailhead and meanders through Douglas Fir Forest along the Columbia River Gorge. Thanks Travel Oregon for sharing this information ‘Construction of the Historic Columbia River Highway began in 1913 and was considered one [...]
Keep reading Historic Columbia River Highway ~ An Oregon Scenic Byway
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March 20th, 2012
The Old Parkdale Inn, in the Hood River Valley, can be the ideal location for your small business meeting or social retreat. Our table can seat up to eight with plenty of room to spread out. Wireless internet access is available throughout the inn and gardens. A 50″ wall mounted big screen tv is [...]
Keep reading Ideal location in the Hood River Valley for Your Small Business Retreat or Social Retreat
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March 18th, 2012
It’s almost bike riding weather. I write this as the spring snows still fall but we all know spring is just around the corner. We had many a guests last year who brought their bikes and enjoyed biking the Hood River County Fruit Loop and the many backroads of the Hood River Valley. After a [...]
Keep reading Bike Your Way Through the Hood River Valley
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