By Noah Botnick Overlanding is the art of self-reliant motoring through remote destinations that often includes slow travel, side-excursions, and camping. In a world where speed and efficiency dominate, overlanding offers a refreshing escape. The buzz of adventure, the allure of the unknown, and the call of the open road beckons those seeking to disconnect […]
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Transitioning from the freedom of summer to school is bittersweet, even with the positive benefits of a scheduled routine, return to youth sports, and other extra-curricular activities. For both students, teachers, and school staff, being indoors for 7+ hours a day is made harder when Inland NW weather is still sunny and warm. Which is
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This Backcountry Booty is sponsored by: WANDER SPOKANE! Wander Spokane has donated a Food Tour for TWO! This three hour tour includes delicious local and artisan food, information about the businesses, their mission and what they are up to in the future. In between stops your guide will share stories of Spokane’s past present and
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As a nature and wildlands enthusiast, I love any project that works toward securing and protecting the integrity of natural landscapes. I also happen to love coffee. Enter DOMA’s La Bicicletta, a medium roast blend with notes of fruit, chocolate, and spice that was born out of a love for bicycling and a desire to
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By Jean Arthur My family first enjoyed this crimson-colored organic lentil soup during a river trip. I made the soup using Montana organic, heirloom Petite Crimson Lentils from Timeless Seeds and late-season veggies, herbs and spices from my garden and a local farmers’ market. I froze the soup to keep the cooler chilled during our multi-day
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Inland Northwest tomatoes are in their peak season and their flavors are unmatched by those you find at the grocery store. Crispy feta balances the sweetness of candy-ripe cherry tomatoes and balsamic vinegar in this recipe. Serve on crostinis, with pasta, or alone as a warm salad. INGREDIENTS 1 pint cherry tomatoes from Elithorp Farm,
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By James P. Johnson When I hike, it’s often an all-day, 15-25 miler. I pack a variety of snacks, but I need a main item to raise my caloric intake to the mucho level. Let me introduce my veggie sandwich. I’ve been making my own multi-ingredient, vegetarian sandwiches that have evolved over the years and
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It occurred to me as I was reading my own Out There article last month in printed form that, as a writer for a column on primitive skills, I should probably start with explaining what the heck primitive skills are and why we would should care. Primitive skills range from foraging to tool making to
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For those of us who are explorers of the world and senses, the curious of time and place, the tinkerers of history and optimists of science, books afford us a kind of tourism otherwise impossible. Whether by our inability to bend the space-time continuum or jet-set to Laos, we are left to the imaginations of
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