Area Attractions
Winetasting: Tour the amazing array of gorgeous wineries, many with spectacular views. Our nearest neighborhood vintners are Wind River Cellars. New wineries, grape growers, and vintners are popping up around here every year and you can keep up with all the excitement and updated maps (a touring essential) at the Columbia Gorge Winegrowers Assoc.
Hiking and Horseback Riding: We are in the middle of the cascade range and less than an hour's drive from two fabulous and huge national forests with hundreds of trails and campsites. For hiking, cross-country skiing, snowmobiling; and campling, 15 miles to the north is the rugged and remote Gifford Pinchot with the towering Mt. Adams and blown apart Mt. St. Helens. South about 45 minutes is Mt. Hood National Forest with the region's downhill ski areas plus lots of trails. These national treasures of full of lakes, rivers, snow, waterfalls, and volcanic topography. Northwestern Lake Riding Stables offers guided rides on local trails.
Whitewater Fun: The White Salmon across the street from us is a wild ride with three reaches ranging from class I to V that vary seasonally and can entertain the entire spectrum of whitewater enthusiasts from the first time rafter to the Olympic level kayaker . These folks are right near by: All Adventures Rafting is right on the White Salmon River; All Star Rafting offers guided river trips and raft rentals throughout the Gorge; Wet Planet and River Drifters are our neighbors and convenient for B&B guests. The oldest second generation guiding icon in the region is Zoller's Outdoor Odysseys a bit north of us in B-Z Corners and is especially great with families and groups that include youth. The raft guides are a unique group of outdoor enthusiasts who possess and share a wealth on information about the river and regional ecology. They love what they do and it shows.Additional Lodging, Dining, and Other Local Businesses: If my B&B is full, there are many other wonderful B&Bs in the area and we all work together to make sure everyone is taken care of; go to The Columbia Gorge Hood River B&B Association Roomfinders or call 541-386-6767. Our local association of hospitality, recreation, and other tourism businesses has inquiry tools; go to The Columbia Gorge Visitor's Association or call 800-98-GORGE (46743). If you are doing an event here and need more lodging, check out the rental house across the street: www.husumhouse.com
Our local chambers also have a wealth or information including restaurants, maps, and event calenders: Mt Adams Chamber of Commerce and Hood River Chamber of Commerce
Performing Arts and Museums: There are several concert and performing arts venues in the area which have nationally and internationally known artists; Maryhill Winery has a large outdoor amphitheatre, the Skamania Performing Arts Foundation, and the Columbia Center for the Arts in Hood River. The Discovery Center in the Dalles is the place to go to learn and experience the Lewis and Clark expedition and other Columbia River history including the repeated ice age Missoula and Montana Ice Field floods from ice damn breaks that shaped the gorge. Maryhill Museum is the huge stone manor and amazing collections and works of the quirky and brilliant industrial giant Sam Hill; he built if for his wife, heiress of a monied Minnesota family, but she hated it never moving in. He master minded and built the nation's first paved western highway, with breathtaking views, a miriad of waterfalls, and heart stopping cliff face roadways, as a show case envisioning the way of the future. He was an avid yet eccentric and eclectic collector and he liked Slavic queens, chess sets, icon art, and built a life size Stone Hedge to honor WWI soldiers. He was an American original and built this country along with the likes of JP Morgan and the Rockefellers. A local must see.