Hotel room: $99

Head into Baker City for better-than-decent pub food (and the gold medal–winning Hot Blonde chile ale) at Barley Brown’s Brew Pub ($$; 2190 Main St.; 541/523-4266). Then saunter over to the Geiser Grand Hotel (30 rooms from $99; geisergrand.com). After an ongoing renovation, the historic hotel and its oversize rooms remain low-key and ridiculously affordable. Friday evenings are especially fun, with horse-drawn sleigh rides and a crackling bonfire by the rushing Powder River, with hot cider and s’mores to boot.