Gabrielle K.
Yelp
Okay! This review is going to be super thorough because I could not find any other reviews on their glamping rooms on TripAdvisor, yelp, Wanderlust, or their website! This is specifically for glamping - not the actual rooms at the hotel.
The great:
The glamping rooms are two tents off to the side of the property. They overlook the river and have their own private little trails off a main trail. You can see the hotel from your tent, it's not a long walk at all. The tent itself is awesome. Adequately warm at night and a nice breeze during the day (or crazy winds - it's Hood River after all. I found those winds relaxing and the tent didn't blow around too much). You can sit at the edge of the cliff and watch the kiteboarders and sailboats float around. They look adorable from so high up. I saw a bald eagle for the first time EVER! There were also tons of what looked like golden eagles flying around above us which was cool. Lots of wildlife here.
The shower is outdoors. It's not exactly a solar shower because it's run with propane. I can't stress enough how cool it was. Just look at the pictures, seriously. They provide soap and towels like any hotel. I liked the conditioner. The shower is maybe 20ft. from the tent. It's shared with the other tent out there. That tent is maybe uhhhh 40ft. away? I'm pretty bad with distance, sorry.
You are provided with a 5 gal bluey of delicious Bull Run water. They also provide you with a cooler to use! It's a cute little vintage-y looking Coleman. You should bring your own ice. There was a cute little table with two chairs, 3 cute LED lanterns, a dresser, a mirror hanging on a coat stand, a chest at the end of the bed, and two bedside tables. My partner remarked that it's the first hotel he's stayed at that didn't have a Bible in the drawers, so if you're into that kinda stuff you better bring your own. Also, it's missing a trashcan, make sure you have some trash bags with you. That would be the only thing I think needs to be added (actually might need some flashing on the guy wires outside to mark them as well).
.There is no fire pit, which is fine because there's not really a safe place for a fire. The area in general seems pretty flammable. It could use one of those little bbq pit things though. But, there is a grill on the property. Bring a camp stove if you want to cook at your spot.
Things that may deter some people:
You have to walk to the parking lot to use the porta-potty. This was fine with us, I'm used to festivals and hiking and whatever. I don't really care where I use the restroom as long as one is available! Just know that it is not at your camp and you will have to walk to it (and bring your own toilet paper if 1-ply bugs you).
Other people staying at the hotel hike along the main trail out to your camp area. The only time this bothered me is when I was getting out of the shower and like 10 people were walking by. I was wrapped up in a towel of course, but still kinda weird. But, not their fault, they had no idea, and the trail is open to everyone. Just be aware it's not completely private if you enjoy being nude or something (it's still a hotel, don't be so obscene!).
There's no electricity. You're camping, it's fine.
Lots of bugs in the tent the first night. Had spiders on my face maybe. Bugs live outside so it's to be expected.
Although they provide you with a lock for your tent, it doesn't seem to be that great of a deterrent if someone wanted to steal your stuff. Although, it seems highly unlikely that your stuff would get taken. Not something we worried about at all and I think only used the lock once. It's a 'biner lock and you pass it through the zippers of the netting of the tent. The actual canvas tent is bolted down, but not the mesh stuff. So somebody could probably just yank on the mesh real hard and come in underneath it if they really wanted to. I've never locked a tent while camping before so I didn't care about it this time either.
I had really bad cell service. That's fine. I was on vacation! If you care about this...well you shouldn't. You're camping! Deal with it!
In summary:
We L-O-V-E-D our stay here. I feel like I've sounded complain-y in this review but that was not my intention at all. I just wanted to write something really detailed so people know what to expect. This would be a perfect vacation for a couple. Super cute and romantic and just everything great. The tent was BEAUTIFUL, the view from the tent was BEAUTIFUL and I felt relaxed and happy for the first time in a long time. A lot of the time we just laid around in the bed, read books, drank delicious beer, and marveled at how great all of it was. We will definitely be back again and probably this summer. That's one of the only reasons I didn't want to write this review - I don't want people to steal the room from us!
I had to make this much shorter than my TripAdvisor review, look there for more info!