A “bucket list” vacation FOR any Northwest family should be Mount Rainier National Park. After all, who wants a kid to grow up without stepping foot on the 14,410-foot mountain that dominates the Cascade Range? It’s the fifth highest peak and the tallest volcano in the contiguous United States. Even better, it’s an “episodically active” […]
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A few years ago, ultra-compact pullovers started to pop up from outdoor clothing manufacturers. The goal with these pullovers is to provide as much warmth in as small a package as possible. These pullovers make for a great layer under a shell in sub-freezing weather. And this time of year, they excel as the “insurance
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Jud Keiser wants to be a professional 12 year old, and when he paddles his kayak, he looks like an overgrown kid. He’s a blur of movement. His boat flips and tumbles improbably in the whitewater. He smiles even when things don’t go exactly right. Out of his boat though, you notice the lines around
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Spokane residents learned in 2010 of a change coming to their water utility bills and many instantly assumed the worst: rate hikes from the city to balance a discouraging budget shortfall. In fact, the purpose of the changes in water rate structure implemented this year is revenue neutral—meaning there is no increase in the amount
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Tom Miller and Karen Libsch rode a mountain bike tandem together in this year’s “Round the Clock” 24 Mountain Bike race. They did ten 14-mile laps. Here’s what they have to say about riding a tandem off-road. OTM: People joke about how tandems affect relationships. In your experience, how has the tandem impacted your relationship?
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Bike shop tech downhill wonderboy Joe Perizzo sent us an email a few weeks ago with a picture of his stolen bike. You may remember Joe as our April 2006 cover boy—doing a backflip off a pine tree. When you attempt the kind of jumps and tricks that Joe does your bike needs to be
