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Young boy sitting in a big inflatable blue and yellow tube and floating the Spokane River during summer.

Easy Thrills: Tubing the Spokane River

Parents like to feel in control, but you can’t control a river. Which is why I was a little nervous to take my young son, ...
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Photo of paddler on the Spokane River by Aaron Theisen.

What the River Says

The night after celebrating my son’s second birthday along the swift, milky-emerald current of the Spokane River, a bout of insomnia had me phone surfing ...
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Photo of grizzly bear courtesy of Conservation Northwest.

North Cascade Grizzly Bears Could Get a Boost

A century of commercial trapping, habitat loss, and unregulated hunting eradicated grizzlies from 98% of their original range in the contiguous U.S. Here in the ...
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Photo of author Brad Thiessen by Adam Harum.

Why I Still Run

In June 2015, I wrote an article for Out There Monthly called “Why I Run” about training for my first 50k trail run. The run ...
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A dad serving breakfast to kids at the family campsite picnic table.

Create The Ultimate Family Camping Experience

5 ways to plan, coordinate, and implement a family camping trip that's doable and fun and will have kids asking for more.
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Photo by Amy Silbernagel McCaffree.

Pedal to The Park: Explore Spokane’s Parks by Bike

Hop on your bike and pedal your way to one of these local parks for some simple, no-cost recreational fun. To find the best biking ...
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Photo of a snowbank mushroom courtesy of Kelly Chadwick.

The Snowbank Mushroom

In celebration of spring, people flock to their secret locations in search of morels. They start hunting weeks too early, unable to rein in their ...
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Photo of Shallan Knowles and dad courtesy of Kathy Wilson.

Coaching Your Child’s Sport

Take a look around, and it’s pretty easy to find a parent coach. Whether it’s coaching soccer, softball, basketball, or football, it seems that many ...
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Photo courtesy of Camp Spalding.

Summer Camps Guide – 2017

Summer is prime time for kids to romp in the woods, get dirty, climb trees, and take new risks. Around the region, there are summer ...
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