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6 Reasons to Check In to Lodge 902 -- Hood River, Oregon

6 Reasons to Check In to Lodge 902 -- Hood River, Oregon

Hiya: Squatch here. I’m usually a faultfinder when sleeping away from my luscious lair — my fiddlefern fourposter tucked under a swath of Mount Hood fir trees. But if you desire an uncommon slumber spot of your own in the Columbia Gorge, consider a room at (or renting the whole place)  Lodge 902 in Hood River. You won’t regret it.  Here’s why:

Reason #6 The Guest Book is a Wall:  It was built in 1911, so there’s a mini-room in the foyer that was likely once a telephone room. Now, it hosts the guest book wall(paper). Pick a pair of eyes, grab a Sharpie and add to it! Come back again and find your character.

4 Surprising Facts about the Annual Sasquatch Music Festival

4 Surprising Facts about the Annual Sasquatch Music Festival

Squatch here. Turns out, when you’re an 8 foot furball that keeps to itself, humans just might name a crowded music festival after you.  I’d love to meet Lolapalooza and Coachella to suss out their monster-identities.
You may have heard of my little namesake Pacfic NW festival that runs every Memorial Day weekend since 2002, but what you MIGHT NOT know is this: