A Mt. Hood – Parkdale, Oregon B&B
Tamanawas Falls, in the Mt Hood National Forest, is one of my favorite hikes and one I send my guests on quite often. The trailhead is about 7 miles from the Old Parkdale Inn. This is an great hike year-round. This 100 foot high, 40 foot wide waterfall is easily accessed by hiking an moderate/strenuous two [...]
I recently read an article about the increase of the add-on fees hotels, and some motels, are assessing and I was shocked! Towels, nightshirts, hot water, horse stables, even if you don’t have a horse!! One hotel was even assessing a charge every time you used the elevator. Oh, dear, what is this world coming to and [...]
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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
There’s a few holidays coming up where one ponders what to gift a deserving and special person. Valentine’s Day, 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 [...]
Keep reading Lodging Gift Vouchers Make Thoughtful Unique Gifts
For those of you who have been our guest at the Old Parkdale Inn Bed and Breakfast you’ve heard me talk about my other half. My husband of 39 and a half years, Steve. Steve has been a pipeline welder for over 35 years, welding the pipelines that move our nations natural gas, petroleum, steam. [...]
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
I make a batch of fresh granola about once a week. Bob’s Red Mill 5 Grain Rolled Cereal, seeds and nuts are sweetened with maple and rice syrup, baked, then combined with sweet dried fruit to make an excellent and nutritious start to your day. I don’t always measure but I will try to replicate my recipe here: Combine [...]
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.
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