The innkeeper of the Old Parkdale Inn Bed and Breakfast visited a family farm yesterday evening to pick up what might be the last flat of Blueberries. While there the grower shared a box of Starkcrimson pears and Gravenstein and Akane apples. There’ll be large bowls of apples set out for our guests and the blueberries and pears will be baked into tasty breakfast treats. We came home with a flat of big juicy peaches too. So this morning it’s French toast with peach compote and pears baked in a lovely pear liquer.
These delights of summer and fall can be found anywhere along the Hood River County Fruit Loop. Spend a glorious Fall afternoon on The Loop seeking out your favorite fruit or fruit concoction. The summer harvest will end around the middle of October, but in its place you will find a array of apples, pears and vegetables through the fall and enough choices from both seasons to satisfy, and if you enjoy picking your own fruit, U-pick is available at a few orchards. Your Farm to Table feasts begins here.
For a romantic afternoon drive we invite you to meander through the Valley’s forests, farmlands, and friendly communities. Have a cup of fresh cider at Cody’s Orchards, enjoy a picnic lunch on the patios of one of the many wineries, stroll through fields of lavender then come home to a unique bed and breakfast of the Oregon Bed and Breakfast Guild. The innkeepers of the Mt Hood Bed and Breakfasts will treat you to amazing breakfasts created with ingredients harvested right here in the Hood River Valley.
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