Just in time for the annual spring hiking and running sock inventory and hole inspection that usually means it’s new sock time, CEP sent us a pair of each to try. This being the first time I’ve ever pulled on a pair of compression socks, I was unaware that they can help support joints, prevent […]
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Find prime spring riding at these regional trail destinations Sponsored by Wheel Sport Bicycles Whether you’ve spent all winter hibernating under a mountain of blankets or hitting the mountains on skis, spring is here. It’s time to emerge, blinking, on wobbly baby-gazelle legs, into the bright sun of bike season. And a spring road trip
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I’m going to say it: Spokane is a, if not THE, Bike Town. Before you even start to turn the page, let me stop you. I know what you’re thinking. “Bike Town?!? I can’t even get from the South Hill to Hillard without somebody hurtling an insult at me about getting off the road and
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The Spokane Riverkeeper keeps the Spokane River watershed clean and healthy, in part, by removing over 26,000 pounds of trash per year from the banks and bottom of local rivers and creeks. All of that work is in big part thanks to the help of over 1,600 community volunteers. Spokane Riverkeeper offers public, private, and DIY
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Spring is prime time in the Hells Canyon National Recreation Area, and arrives a bit earlier there than most other locations in the Pacific Northwest. When snow sports begin to lose their appeal, Kirkwood Ranch can offer an early glimpse of spring flowers and has a higher likelihood of sunshine. The hike to Kirkwood Ranch
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If I were to be a literary critic, uneducated and misdirected in the matter, my shy-of-profound observations would be akin to my ignorant opinions of modern art: This is weird. What does that even mean? Be more like Hemingway, but less drunk. For someone so literarily obtuse, I am, as I suspect many of you
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This is the small tale about the second dumbest ride I did all last year. The actual dumbest one wasn’t worth writing about. It was a mere 35 miles to a friend’s Christmas party out in Idaho. It was icy as all get-out on the side streets and back roads while the main roads had
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Kootenai County has several decent taco trucks and Central/South American food restaurants, but it has been lacking in Tex Mex cuisine . . . until now. In the last half of 2022, Oh Baby, a Texas-style Mexican BBQ food truck, opened its window on the north side of the Silver Lake Mall in Coeur d’Alene.
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CEP Skiing Compression Socks I didn’t realize compression socks were a thing for skiing, but damn it feels great having your socks hug your calves like that. CEP is a world leader in compression socks, and apparently the compression can help reduce swelling after a hard day of shredding blower pow, or, in my case,
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