Outdoor Living
Passing on a Sense of Adventure
“Are you drunk?” I asked my 8-year-old. She had requested me to hike with her up to Scotchman Peak. “Can you get drunk on coconut ...
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Bend, Oregon: Where Beer-lovers and Dog-lovers Unite
Bikes, dogs, beer: Sadly, something’s gotta give. I just finished a big triathlon last weekend, so we choose the dog over the bikes, giving my ...
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Spokatopia Outdoor Adventure Festival: 1 Day, A Whole Summer’s Worth of Fun (July 11)
Have you always wanted to try stand up paddleboarding, rock climbing, kayaking or geo-caching? How about SUP yoga, disc golf, rafting, slacklining or demoing the ...
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Eating Well in the Woods: Healthy Camp Food Tips
One time, and one time only, I ate one of those Mountain House dehydrated meals. I had been misled into believing that real outdoors people ...
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Local Pro Disc Golfer Shawna Buzzingham Lands Discraft Sponsorship
Spokane’s Shawna Buzzingham, already a world class disc golf player, continues to rise through the ranks – she is earning her way, she is gritty ...
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Wild and Scenic Film Festival Returns to Spokane (April 30)
The Spokane Riverkeeper, Mountain Gear and Patagonia are bringing the Wild and Scenic Film Festival to Spokane once again on Thursday, April 30 at 7 ...
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Urban Permaculture: Design Your Own Backyard Oasis
Bringing together intensive edible landscape design and natural ecosystem design, permaculture can create highly productive urban lots, large or small. Picture walking out your back ...
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Love and the Great Outdoors
When I was younger, I thought that finding the right person meant meeting someone who didn’t live with their mother and had an equal appreciation ...
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Leaf, Root, Fungi, Fruit: That Weed in Your Yard (Gobo, aka Burdock) is Tasty
Eat it for the name alone. Known in English as Burdock, this common weed, like much of what proliferates outdoors, is not an original part ...
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