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Uncorked Outdoors: A Guide to Outdoor Recreation in Washington Wine Country

Explore Washington’s Wine Country in the heart of spring, when wineries debut new releases and celebrate the journey from grape-vine to barrel and bottle. This wine and outdoor recreation guide features two major AVA (American Viticultural Area) wine grape-growing regions in Eastern Washington, plus a section for Spokane County. Recreation destinations and outdoor highlights are […]

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Spokane’s Fresh Soul Cafe Offers Amazing Food & Community Change

Fresh Soul is a small café in east central Spokane offering ribs, chicken, cornbread, collard greens, and other southern favorites that will make your mouth water. The interior and exterior are colorful and modern; there are two murals on the east and west sides of the building by artists Daniel Lopez and Ellen Picken, and

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Hike of the Month: Blossom Lake (Lolo National Forest, Montana)

Blossom Lakes trail receives the majority of its hiker and backpacker attention in the summer months, but those seeking a little solitude on the Idaho/Montana Divide will be well-served to wait until fall. The crowds, as well as the mosquitoes, will be long-gone, and the forested trail to the lake is at its best when

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Outdoor Adventure in the Age of Climate Change

Sally Phillips is concerned. As one of Spokane’s longtime leading cycling advocates, as well as a board member for Spokefest—the Inland Northwest’s largest bicycle ride, held the second Sunday in September—Sally fears the event’s future is increasingly murky. “Last year we were about to cancel the whole thing until the day before,” she says. “In

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Glacier Ice Worms: What Are They and Where to Find Them

My partner John and I were planning to camp at Ingraham Flats, a nice bench on the Ingraham Glacier at 11,000 feet, just above Mount Rainier’s Camp Muir. We hoped to get a head start on the crowds eyeing the Disappointment Cleaver, Rainier’s busiest climbing route, the following morning. It was getting late—almost time for

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