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Easy Strolling & City Views At Palisades Park
Palisades Park’s Rimrock Drive, a wide gravel path perched above the western edge of downtown Spokane, is ideal for a quick walk or run.
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On Walking a Toddler in the Woods
Personal essay by Lisa Laughlin reflecting on how motherhood has changed how she experiences trails, hiking, and the great outdoors.
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Curiosity First
Cover photo courtesy of Lisa Laughlin I stopped in my tracks before I registered why. I was carrying an armload of just-trimmed brush to my green bin, and there, stretched before it, was a 3-foot bull snake. I leapt. “Snake! Big snake!” I yelled toward my husband and dog and kids. But the snake didn’t move. I relaxed in kind and
“Raised by Ferns” by Maya Jewell Zeller
By Lisa Laughlin “Raised by Ferns” is a smart, lyric essay debut from local writer Maya Jewell Zeller. Published this spring by Porphyry Press, America’s most remote publishing press, in McCarthy, Alaska, this book is a memoir-in-essays that holds both beauty and zing. “Raised by Ferns” takes readers from the moon-soaked beaches of the Oregon Coast, where Zeller
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Roast House Cold Brew Coffee
By Lisa Laughlin Cover photo courtesy of Lisa Laughlin Friends, I’ve found my new summer adventure drink. Roast House coffee’s organic cold brew in a can—known as the “f-bomb”—is effortless, delicious and highly packable for the outdoors. I first snagged one from the Bloomsday expo, appreciating how the 12-oz. can was so slim I could slide it into the
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A Search for Buoyancy
By Lisa Laughlin Cover photo courtesy of Kort Laughlin My best summer self is unlocked when I’m on a paddleboard. As soon as I leave the shore, I unwind and embrace a time and place where my only ambition is to reach a cluster of lily pads. Just a light internet search on the neuroscience behind Blue Mind Theory—a reference to how being on or near water ups our happy chemicals and lowers our stress hormones, blood pressure and heart rate—will confirm what many of
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Art For Nature; Vanessa Swenson on Motherhood, Painting and Maintaining a State of Awe
By Lisa Laughlin Cover photo courtesy of Clarin J Her fireweed painting spoke to me first. The color and detail made me recall some of my favorite backcountry memories of walking trails framed by the bright pink wildflower. I bought a print for my home from the Wildland Co-op, excited to look more into the
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Evergreen Gear Exchange: Adventure, Reused
Cover photo courtesy of Evergreen Gear Exchange By Lisa Laughlin If you visit the “who we are” section on Evergreen Gear Exchange’s website, their preferred company salutation—”Heyo!”—will begin to paint the picture of the shop atmosphere for you. When you walk in the doors, the casual, welcoming vibe is second only to the visual delight
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Learning to Race for Good
Cover photo courtesy of Kort Laughlin Racing meant a lot to my identity as a high schooler. I was on the track and cross-country teams at my rural high school, and I was never more nervous than the day of a meet. During that teenage time of figuring out who I was, being a runner was an identifier I held onto when other things in my
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