A Mt. Hood – Parkdale, Oregon B&B
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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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 [...]
There are over 50 Geocaches within 10-15 miles of the Old Parkdale Inn. Our guests this week found three within walking distance of our inn! Someone has ‘placed’ about 10 right here in the Upper Hood River Valley! Did you know that Geocaching started right here in Oregon? A little history lesson, the full version [...]
Keep reading Geocaching in the Hood River Valley and the Mt Hood National Forest
There’s a few holidays coming up where one ponders what to gift a deserving and special person. Mothers’ Day, Fathers’ Day, a Wedding or Graduation. A Birthday. Sometimes you don’t even need a special event to gift a unique experience at a member inn of an Oregon Bed and Breakfast. Lodging Gift Vouchers make [...]
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March tends to be a bit of a quiet month up here in the Hood River Valley. But with all the snow we have, and are still getting, on Mt Hood, spring skiing could quite possibly go til the first of May! Not only skiing but snowshoe and XC skiing will probably still be an [...]
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 [...]
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Bald Butte via the Oak Ridge Trail:
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, Indi...Now We Wait and Watch 'Em Grow:
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, a...Winter's Holding On in the Hood River Valley: 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 thi...Old Parkdale Inn
4932 Baseline Rd
Parkdale, Oregon 97041
phone: 541-352-5551
email: parkdale@hoodriverlodging.com
