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Planning Summertime Family Adventures

Plan with less stress, and play more with your kids outside with ideas and inspiration from our Summer Adventure Guide.
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June Family-Friendly Events in Spokane and North Idaho

National Trails Day (June 2): Washington State Parks free admission day. Camp Caro Community Park: Free family and community activities, 10 a.m.- 1 p.m. Outdoor ...
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First Time Camper

How to Prepare Yourself and Your Child for Their First Camp Experience   Getting ready for camp means more than giving your kid “snack shack” ...
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An adult woman lying on a camp pad journaling and an adult man boiling water during a backcountry camping trip in the Selkirk Mountains of Northern Idaho.

Fiber in the Outdoors

What Your Diet is Missing Summer is on its way, and we’re heading out for our day trips, backpacking adventures, and those fantastic beach picnics. ...
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Learn About Indigenous Sciences and Culture at Spokane’s Mobius Science Center

Spokane lies in the nexus of some amazing resources and educational opportunities; and with forest, rivers, mountains, prairies, and lakes, there is ample opportunity to ...
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A Cycling Nomad Makes Spokane Home

I met Hank Greer, Out There’s longtime Everyday Cyclist columnist, where it may be statistically most likely to do so: on his daily work commute ...
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Climbing Kilimanjaro: The One-item Bucket List

Some months ago, my friend Scott was diagnosed with terminal cancer. It’s the kind of news that would have me buried in pints of ice ...
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Backyard Paddleboard Adventure on the Spokane River

What does it take to make a four-day descent of the Spokane River on a Stand-Up Paddleboard (SUP)? An adventurous spirit, a lifejacket and helmet, ...
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The Small Changes Make a Big Difference to Your Health

  “I was just thinking, we ought to go on a cleanse,” says the septuagenarian sitting across from me with her decade older husband. I ...
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