Do some yoga and shower off before we head over to Hood river to grab a bite to eat. There are lines everywhere for breakfast places so we go to Freshies, a bagel shop that had minimum people in its line. Get a freshly made juice and a delicious bagel. We then get back in the car and drive into the forest area to go hike the Tamanawas Falls trail. It was a nice and easy hike with a great huge waterfall at the end so it was well worth it. As we were walking back, weather started turning on us but the rain held out. As we head back into town we decided to go check out Solera Brewery as its a minor detour.
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| Couple of dudes hanging out on a bridge trying not to fall in |
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| Pretty decent view from the bridge |
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| The Tamanawas waterfall in the water (cause its made of water not flesh) |
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| Better view. Postcard worthy |
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| Rock faces lining the valley of the waterfall |
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| Another great view |
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| Some cool art at Solera brewery |
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| View from the back patio of Solera |
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| View from Solera pt 2 |
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| Lavender valley |
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| View from stave and stone winery |
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| Another view from the guest center at the winery |
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| Our delicious flights (drink and food) |
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| Kitty petting at Marchesi vineyard |
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| Delicious flight at pFriem brewery |
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| More complete view of the beer destruction |
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| View out from the brewery aint too bad |
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| Another view. So beautiful around here. |
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| got excited to try some of these however... |
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| this was the limited food menu for once we finally got there so no can do |
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| Bagel place from breakfast stop |
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| That is how you make many bagels at once |
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| mmmmmmmmm |
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| Who is that hunk of a man? whoever it is, he aint getting burned today |
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| There he is again... lucky yall |
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| When you finally figure out why you feel like you are being watched |
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| To the falls! |
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| the freaking machines of the trip... point them in a direction and they go, aint no holding them back |
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| hahahah mofo checking his watch waiting or us... beat his butt |
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| from whence we came |
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| Photobombing my long time friend cause i cant let people have nice things or pics of themselves |
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| Just walking on water, no big deal |
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| More complete pic from solera bar |
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| beautiful beers in their natural habitat |
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| Food pic before the wine came |
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| Just 4 fantastic dudes hanging out at a waterfall, nothing to see here |
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| Recommend you to do this hike if in the area. Was great. |
They had a limited selection of their beers and the ones they had were ok, but the back yard and seating area was fantastic with wonderful views. Unfortunately the rain found us and we couldnt stay out there too long. Then we go check out Lavender Valley on another minor detour. Unfortunately the plants are not in season so the impact of the view is minimized but its still beautiful and smells delicious. Since we are kinda in the area, we also go check out the Stave and Stone winery for their tasting flight with food. For 25$pp you get I believe 5 or 6 wines if I remember right and each wine has a paired small bite; both the food and the wines were pretty good. To top that off, the views all around are amazing as the tasting room is essentially up on the hill in the middle of the vineyard. After we are done there, we head down the road to check out Marchesi Winery, which was a col set up, but wines were not as good as the Stave and we were under a patio so views were somewhat limited. This place had winery cats though which just roamed around like they owned the place which was cool. After this we actually got back into Hood River and went to check out pFriem brewery. This place had quite the selection of beer (different barrels, many sours, all the styles) and the beers were delicious. They also had a little outdoor corral with a service window so that you could grab beers to go or to stay and drink without having to wait to get a table inside (they had a wait). After a couple there, we walk down the street to check out and eat at Ferment Brewery down the street but we are just too late as after 1900 their food menu becomes highly limited and we didnt want what they had to offer. We decided to go instead to 3 Rivers Grill in the main town area for a good meal and some more local wine. After enjoying our meal, we head back to the place to chill for the rest of the night.
