On Saturday we took a trip up the Columbia River Gorge to a little town called Hood River located at the foot of Mt. Hood. It is a very popular spot for windsurfing on the Columbia river because the Gorge narrows quite a bit and funnels the wind through this spot of the river. However when you go towards Mt. Hood you enter into a beautiful valley that is surrounded by hills and the volcanic soil was found to be extremely fertile and the tempratures just right to grow apples and pears among many other fruits.
Laura and I went there last year about this time and we had a ton of fun so we wanted to do it again. We first went to Rasmussen's Farm where they sell all kinds of apples and pears, some great fruit jellies and some tasty Onion mustards as well. The nice part is that you can sample everything and they cook ebelskevers and let you sample them as much as you like. They also have a cute pumpkin patch and a corn maze that we didn't have time to go through but we did it last year.
Then we went to this other fruit farm that also sells the best cookies, we all love their chocolate dipped coconut macaroons. After the cookie stop we went to the Apple Valley Country store for BBQ ribs and pulled pork sandwiches! Yummy!!! Of course the day wouldn't have been complete without topping it off with a tasty Marion berry milkshake!
All in all it was an awesome time had by all.
1 comment:
Laura: It's Anne Larsen! I found your blog from the link on Melissa Parker's blog. How fun to see your family. Your baby is so cute, and I love it that you take pics of him sleeping. Send me an email and I'll invite you to my blog. It's good to see what you are up to!
Post a Comment