A Mt. Hood – Parkdale, Oregon B&B
They must have needed a good pruning ‘cuz the severe damage inflicted on our plum trees during last winter’s ice storm had them come back even stronger. We had buckets of Italian Plums, making a Plum Upside Down Buttermilk Cake every other day for our breakfast treat and sharing fresh fruit with our guests and [...]
Keep reading While Life Gives You Plums ~ Make Spicy Plum Butter
We have three plum trees in the gardens of the Old Parkdale Inn Bed and Breakfast and they are sure loaded with fruit this year. We’ll be making cakes and pastries as they come off the tree for the next couple of weeks. This Upside Down Cake was well received by our guests at [...]
Keep reading Old Parkdale Inn Plums into a Plum Upside Down Buttermilk Cake
The last of the summer peaches went into a cobbler and I made a trip up to Kiyokawa Farms for fall apples and pears from the Hood River Valley Orchard. The Apple Dumpling is a guest favorite and I look forward to making it for you in the months to come. Old Parkdale Inn [...]
Keep reading We Welcome Fall at the Old Parkdale Inn with Apple Dumplings
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 calendar for the rest of August. Then from September through October [...]
Keep reading Check out our Specials as we head into the main Harvest Season.
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 [...]
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
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
It was 9 years ago that I went to my first Innkeeper’s Conference. It just amazes me how marketing has changed, moving rapidly toward more and more internet presense. I’ve been to a few conferences, this past week it was the Innkeeping Conference and Trade Show hosted by the Professional Association of Innkeepers International in Little [...]
Keep reading Social Media at the Old Parkdale Inn Bed and Breakfast
I have acquired a new hobby. Or should I say an obsession. Geocaching. ”Geocaching is a high-tech treasure hunting game played throughout the world by adventure seekers equipped with GPS devices. The basic idea is to locate hidden containers, called geocaches, outdoors and then share your experiences online. Geocaching is enjoyed by people …from all age [...]
Keep reading Geocaching near the Old Parkdale Inn Bed and Breakfast
The renowned HoneyCrisp apple is ripe and ready to take home! I picked up some this afternoon at Kiyokawa Family Orchards, just a mile and a half from the Old Parkdale Inn. This distinctive apple is incredibly crisp with a sweet, tangy flesh that lends itself with equal satisfaction to fresh and baked delicacies. We’ve had [...]
Keep reading HoneyCrisp Harvest Festival at Kiyokawa Orchards
Tamanawas Falls in the Mt Hood National Forest
No Hidden Fees at the Old Parkdale Inn Bed and Breakfast
Ski, Surf, Sip and SleepOld Parkdale Inn
4932 Baseline Rd
Parkdale, Oregon 97041
phone: 541-352-5551
email: parkdale@hoodriverlodging.com