September 6th, 2010
Seems a little early, and we may still get the “Indian Summer”, but it sure feels like fall. Still harvesting fresh peaches and blueberries for the cream cheese filled french toasts and blintzes as the apple and pear harvest has begun. And the Farmer’s Almanac predicts snow the first week of October for us here in [...]
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August 31st, 2010
There’s no better way to kick off this season’s Oregon Bounty than riding the rails on the Mount Hood Railroad’s Friday Night Wine Trains, spending a quiet evening or two at the Old Parkdale Inn and awake to a hearty Hood River Bounty breakfast. The Wine Trains will prove to be a vintage railroad experience combined with premier local [...]
Keep reading Kick off the Hood River Bounty with a Ride on the Rails
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August 26th, 2010
The Gravenstein apple is considered by many to be one of the best all-around apples with a sweet, tart flavor and is great for baking and cooking, especially for apple sauce and cider. The Gravenstein Apple harvest represents the kickoff of the annual Hood River Valley harvest. Thousands of acres of apples and pears will be harvested for [...]
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August 22nd, 2010
Our guests this past week brought their bikes and enjoyed biking the Hood River County Fruit Loop and the many backroads of the Hood River Valley. After a hearty breakfast they left the Old Parkdale Inn and traveled down Highway 35 toward Hood River, detouring off onto a few of the many backroads, cruising through [...]
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August 20th, 2010
Summer is here and fall is just around the corner. Time to get out a play. Hiking, biking, windsurfing, rafting and golf. We have all this and more in the Hood River Valley, the Columbia River Gorge and the Mt. Hood National Forest, all just minutes from the Old Parkdale Inn. It’s river rafting season! The [...]
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August 12th, 2010
Elliot Glacier will be celebrating its 13th anniversary!! Enjoy music at the pub on Sunday August 15th begining @ 3pm Laurie Star Duo will be performing out back in the warm, warm sunshine! If you’ve never sat behind the Brew Pub with a cold one, gazing at majestic Mt Hood, well, you just don’t know what [...]
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August 9th, 2010
Our weekends are pretty full through September, a sprinkling of weekend rooms available, but there are rooms available during the week. Cherries, blueberries, and peaches are being harvested now and in a few weeks the major harvest of apples and pears begins. Be spontaneous. Check our availability calender for Last Minute Specials for the rest of August. Then [...]
Keep reading Check out our Specials as we head into the main Harvest Season.
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August 8th, 2010
Van Gogh Days at Rasmussen’s Farm. With over 60 varieties of Sunflowers this is the perfect opportunity to paint, cut, take photos and enjoy the many colors of summer in the fields of sunflowers at Rasmussen’s Farm. We would love to accommodate your painting or photography club here at the Inn. After spending some time at [...]
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August 7th, 2010
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 available [...]
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August 6th, 2010
We love our Tilly. She is by my side pretty much 24/7. She hikes with us and follows us around the yard. We watch her very closely on these hot summer days and try to get her to the lake a few times a week. I like it, too! Here are a few tips to keep your [...]
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