Tag Archives: Gorge Vista

Inbound and outbound and all around the Hood

21 Aug

Tripping and tripping over, how did I miss it? Well, it’s baaack. Check out Emily Reed’s Interesting Gorge project, and prepare your program … Coming Pub Talk via the Oregon Entrepreneurs Network is seeking presenters (i.e. people who have a business and want/need funding) for its September program … Seattle travel writer Crai Bower visits Portland and Hood River and talks about his view that there is a coming explosion of bicycling (can higher gas prices be much ahead of that?) in KUOW interview … Full Sail has again (since 1990) released its popular Old Boardhead Barleywine, available in 22-ounce bottles … I know it’s not Hood River, but it’s interesting, so neener-neener. Did you know about the wannabe housing project on a sagebrush and sand plat above Rufus, called Gorge Vista? Developer is outside the scenic area, hoping to tap into the dry-side recreation along that stretch of the Columbia. Prospecting now for expressions of interest before building. Hmm? A second home destination for … Hood River residents? … New ice cream store is open just south of the Hood River Taqueria. Details and photo to come …