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Move Your Family Reunion to the Old Parkdale Inn This Summer

Monday, July 12th, 2010

From BnBFinder Bed and Breakfast Blog: “Family reunions are no longer limited to Thanksgiving or Christmas, or to being a one-day potato salad and hot dog affair. They can be customized to embrace every family’s lifestyle and hobbies, and for that reason, bed and breakfasts and innkeepers can be a reunion-planner’s best friend. Many B&Bs [...]

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Lavender Daze at Hood River Lavender Farms

Monday, June 14th, 2010

There are many, many Lavender Farms in Oregon, and I may be a little bias but my favorite lavender farm is Hood River Lavender Farms as it is just 8 miles from the Old Parkdale Inn Bed and Breakfast.  Recently selected for inclusion in the Central Cascades Geotourism Project, Hood River Lavender Farms is a certified-organic u-pick lavender farm situated [...]

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Water Prayers In Hood River ..

Wednesday, May 19th, 2010

.. and around the Globe.  Last evening we were blessed to have Grandmother Agnes Baker Pilgrim conduct a blessing of the waters along the banks of the mighty Columbia River.  Grandmother Agnes, of the Siletz tribe from Southern Oregon, is a member of the International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers and yesterday Water Blessings were held around [...]

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Oregon Bounty Grand Prize Winner

Friday, April 16th, 2010

Our guests this weekend were the winners in the 2009 Oregon Bounty Getaway Sweepstakes.  The grand prize included dinner and accommodations at Timberline Lodge which sits at the 6000′ elevation on the south slopes of Mount Hood.  This historic lodge, built in the early 1930′s, was funded by the Works Progress Adminstration Fund.  Glass mosaics, [...]

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Easter in Eastern Oregon

Sunday, April 4th, 2010

I love our bed and breakfast, The Old Parkdale Inn, the Hood River Valley, our home, Mt. Hood.  But sometimes I need to escape.  Take a little road trip.  A change of scenery.  And with Steve gone off to another job and a new car to test drive, I decided to head out to Eastern Oregon [...]

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