Congratulations on accepting your new job as president and CEO of the Spokane Convention and Visitors Bureau. I know you didn’t ask, but here’s what I think creates the distinctive outdoor character of our mid-size metropolis. Spokane doesn’t have Central Park, Niagara Falls, The San Juan Islands, or the Grand Canyon. But the absence of […]
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Five years ago this month, I sat across a table at Starbucks at the Y from local musician JIM BOYD. He shared stories and talked about the local music scene, his label Thunderwolf Records and the process of creating his then-new album, Them Old Guitars. The article that followed our chat was my first for
Crushing Rocks: Jim Boyd Keeps On Truckin’ Read More »
If you have a kid and you’ve looked into buying that kid a bike then at some point you’ve encountered the kid bike conundrum. For the purpose of this discussion, kids are defined as age 6 to age 13 or so. Or more generically: from the time they can comfortably ride a bike a mile
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A Backcountry Adventure Sometimes a hike is just a hike. Sometimes picking huckleberries is just another excuse to explore. Sometimes we find strange and unusual things in our State Parks, and it starts a new chapter in our lives. Mat Walden lives near Elk, at the base of Mount Spokane, and he thoroughly enjoys living
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Never Land: Adventures, Wonder And One World Record In A Very Small Plane W. Scott Olsen University of Nebraska Press, 2010, 187 pages Writing in Never Land, Scott Olsen deftly carries us into the air over mid-Western America. He allows us to see the “place” he calls home from the unique perspective of the left
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All the hub bub about the Spokane cycling scene seems to focus on commuting and road biking. The city may be counting cyclists at specified intersections and logging the miles on Bike to Work Week (and month) but who’s counting the downhill riders on Beacon Hill? Who’s tracking the mountain bikers sprawled across Riverside State
What’s Your Gear? Peter Jantz: Mountain Biking Read More »
Some people are born into the wild. The desire to climb the highest peak and trek the roughest terrain is built within their very core. It’s a way of life. It’s something that calls within them to get out and explore. Gerry Copeland was one such man. The longtime Spokane architect (founder of Copeland Design
