Outdoor Living

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 ...

Janelle McCabe July 17, 2015

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 ...

Out There Outdoors June 19, 2015

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 ...

Ammi Midstokke May 15, 2015

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 ...

Bea Lackaff May 13, 2015

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 ...

Out There Outdoors April 21, 2015

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 ...

Out There Outdoors March 24, 2015

"You'd think if I showed up at any old crag, the place would be teeming with dateable candidates." Photo: Bea Lackaff

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 ...

Ammi Midstokke March 14, 2015

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 ...

Kelly Chadwick March 11, 2015

Racks of moose antlers strapped to a watercraft, going down a river.

Wilderness Loving Hunters and Anglers National Rendezvous Comes to Spokane

Many people who pursue creatures of fur, feather and fin are eagerly anticipating the fourth annual Rendezvous of the Backcountry Hunters and Anglers. Scheduled for ...

John Eliason March 4, 2015