I'm Back!

I just got back from Hood River yesterday afternoon. I was there for work and had a really good time. The weather was always nice and so were the people.



This is a picture of downtown. Everything closes at 6:00 pm. One evening, after dinner, my group and I had the bad fortune of seeing all of the closed stores.
















We did go back after checking out of the hotel after the conference was over and actually had some fun. This is a brewery that has a water fountain. After you go up the stairs, there is a little garden with benches. After that, there are more stairs. I call these the Stairs to Heaven because you will most likely have a heart attack and die of exhaustion after climbing all the stairs. Good thing I only got 5/6 of the way up.

There are some really cool bead stores there. I went to Ikote Bead Design and picked up some cool stuff I had never seen before. The flower design, seen left, are really popular in the shops in Hood River.

Yesterday was the start of First Friday in Hood River. That is where artisans show their work and the stores downtown stay open late. The owner of a bead shop invited my coworker and me to hang out with her and her friends after the Art Walk was over. She was pretty cool, but we had to head that afternoon.

I definitely want to go back this summer to check out all the attractions again and see the kite boarders.