Chapter 2
We have just completed our first full year running the BnB, and what a treat it has been.
The guests have been from everywhere: Australia, Japan, Costa Rica, Canada, Africa, New Zealand, India, most of the countries in Europe, and our USA. The people we have met have been a delight and we look forward to meeting so many more.
Since I had extra time on my hands and the local high school was looking for a Swim Coach, I raised that hand! Now I have the honor of coaching the best kids in Oregon. The guys and gals at Hood River Valley High School are such a treat to work with. They must have really special parents to make them so nice. And it’s good for me to be back in the water, literally, for I am swimming again. Have to try competition.
Jim has been splitting his time working on the BnB, making it nicer for your stay, and doing the software that keeps him on the top edge of his specialty. In his spare time he checks out the local golf course to make sure that the greens are really green. The west coast kids have spent a great amount of time here helping with the changes we have made to the BnB. It certainly is a family effort.
We are so fortunate to live and work in such a lovely place. Come and stay with us and enjoy the Hood.
Chapter 1
Where to start? Well to give you a bit of background,
we came to Oregon just in the past
year after hearing so much about Hood River from our family. Instead of just getting
a house and living a normal life, we wanted
others to be able to enjoy Hood as much as we do, so we figured we could
open our doors and provide people a nice place to stay
during their time in town.
After some excitement with the b&b
application and a lot of support from various family members
and the Hood River community, we decided the summer of 2002 was the time
to open and we've been jamming ever since.
Prior to moving to the Gorge, Jim and I lived in the Gold Country of California where we ran a technology business that we still manage during the winter months. Before that, we called a 65 foot sailboat in the South Bay of San Francisco our home for about 10 years.
Going back even further, the west coast has always been home for the both of us. Jim went to UC Berkeley in the '60's and unlike many of his peers, has an excellent recollection of the time he spent there and can tell you what it was really like. My experiences at that time were more aligned with swimming endeavors and 2 world-records can be credited to my name, although the ink didn’t remain on the page long enough to dry before I was bested!
Suffice it to say that Hood River is just what the doctor ordered
We have kids all over the west coast, from Portland to San Francisco and San Ramon to Seattle. Our folks live in Boise and we have a few grandkids but we don't act like grandparents.
So this is our story, or at least as much as the kids would let us post on the web!
Thanks for looking into the Hood River B-n-B
Jane/Jim