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It's a very cool area and incredibly unpopulated on the Washington side. GF's family just has a place there because it's mega cheap and they love wine country, which is about all that's there. There's a mega dive bar in Klickitat that randomly has really good steak at a great price if you can accept the small town service and guys staring at you vibe.

We stay in Skamania lodge a couple times a year. I've seen Fabio a bunch in their breakfast thing. One time the waitress came over to us crying because he knew her pretty well and her husband had just died and he said he was going to pay for the casket, or some really substantial part of it.

If we have our kids with us we stay on the Hood River side, because despite their effort Skamania still kind of sucks for kid activities.

Thunder Bay Brewing in Cascade Locks is the place I most recommend because it's such a nice facility, and in the summer there used to be all sorts of other fans to talk to, whether quooks or Cal/Stanford bros trying to windsurf/hike or whatever.

In general I just have had a way better time in that area than Bend, but I don't ski or care for a lot of the stuff in that area which is a big reason.

I stay in good river every year. Their beer scene is better than almost everywhere else.

Alll depends on style of beer at this point. I could pick it a dozen "best brewery" based on what I'm drinking. Pfriem is on the overall top tier, though. Many good things there.

I like the City of Dreams.

Pfriem is probably the best craft brewery in the PNW however.

Correct.

I wouldn't even say it's better than Vortex.

But it just reinforces that Ft George is one of the best breweries in the entire PNW.