Mayor Verner’s proposed new rules for water lawns has gotten a lot of folks talking. We here at Out There think the virtues of lush green lawns in July and August are vastly overrated. Put that water in the river. There is a interesting discussion of the new policy over at the MetroSpokane blog. What […]
Tacoma, Spokane’s arch-rival for the title of 2nd Most Populous City in Washington, has punked the Lilac City badly. In the new edition of Outside Magazine‘s annual “Where to Live Now” round-up of cool outdoor towns Tacoma is listed for the first time. There are a million inane city lists out there, but the Outside
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This editorial appears in the July issue: Sidewalk bicycle riders: can we have a time-out? I know the weather is beautiful and you just want to ride, but why are downtown sidewalks your favorite place to ride? Sure, weaving around pedestrians can be a blast, but are the city streets that terrifying? Riding the sidewalk
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Photo courtesy Jon Jonckers Jon Jonckers sends this report from Priest Lake, ID.: The Tyee II is an old 82-ft, steam powered logging tug that lies half-submerged in Mosquito Bay on Priest Lake, Idaho. The Tyee II was used for towing logs in the 1940’s, but eventually someone decided to sink it – and (considering
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For the past year each new issue of OTM has been available as a pdf download. But now we have it online at this really slick site called www.issuu.com. Issuu is a YouTube for magazines. They have a really slick app for viewing pdfs online. Click this sentence for a look at the July issue
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It’s no secret that men occasionally band together in small groups, attempting to escape their familiar routines and defy limitations imposed in their lives. For most men, this can be accomplished with a weekly poker game. For Paul Fish and his three fellow members of the Into Thin Hair expedition (Jeff Johnson, Brent Johnson and
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THERE ARE A LOT OF GOOD REASONS to locate an ORV park close to an urban area. It’s easier for people to get to, takes less gas to get vehicles there, easier to patrol, closer to parts and supplies, closer to medical facilities. But this is the best reason: someday NASA might call you up
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Old-growth forest stands provide destinations for hiking and camping to better appreciation the grandeur of old, big trees.
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BOTTOMFEEDER: HOW TO EAT ETHICALLY IN A WORLD OF VANISHING SEAFOODS Taras Grescoe Bloomsbury Press, 2008, 326 pages TARAS GRESCOE IS A WEST COAST transplant to Montreal. While growing up in the Vancouver B.C. area, Grescoe became an avid seafood consumer; the Pacific Northwest’s abundant fish and shellfish nurtured his lifelong habit. Interestingly Garscoe begins
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