Living Local & Other Silver Linings of the Covid-Era
When the pandemic shut down normal activities, “living local” became more than a quaint notion to strive for and silver linings were revealed.
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5 Tips for Healthier Kids
Ideas and strategies to help parents work toward better health and wellbeing for their children as well as the entire family.
Winter Is Coming
Our small group of long-time friends arrived one-by-one at our remote, Idaho rendezvous spot. There was good food, cold beers, and socially-distanced catching up around the campfire late into the night. That was the last time I felt well for weeks. The next morning, I loaded my backpack slower than normal, fighting off crippling fatigue that even a second cup of coffee couldn’t cut through. Shortly after we started hiking, the chills …
Be a Good Guest in Leavenworth
Especially in the era of COVID-19, stewardship applies to town as much as it does to trails. Leavenworth has made physical distancing easier by closing the main street on weekends to allow for pedestrian traffic only. Parking is still available at all city lots and on side streets. Hand sanitizer stations are located throughout the …
5 Tips for Camping During COVID
Camping is considered low risk, according to infectious disease and public health experts. Use these tips and extra precautions to plan your next trip.
Disc Golf Provides Corona Relief for Area Kids
Spokane, Wash. “We have a whole bunch of Spokane-area students who missed their disc golf sessions in schools and have been sitting around for months and need to get out of the house,” says Erin Johnson with the Spokane-based US Youth Disc Golf Association (US/YDGA). “Families need kids to get outside with a challenge and reward, and since …
Great American Outdoors
The corona virus pandemic has few silver linings, but one that may be the most lasting and positive is the dramatic increase in the number of Americans who have been getting outside. And it’s our vast system of federal, state, and local public lands and parks that make spending time outdoors here in the U.S.A. so easy and enjoyable. Especially here in the West, where the …
Virtual Fitness Community: 3 Ways to Join
Missing the buoyancy of a crowd? Try some of these online recreation opportunities. Join a virtual running club. Fleet Feet Spokane aims to help runners reach their goals, with or without a race season. Compete in a virtual bike race. Bandók Virtual Events focuses on ultra-endurance cycling, like the Tour Divide. Sign up for a virtual charity run. …
When the Race is Canceled
I’d love to recreate 100 percent of the time out of an intrinsic love for movement and the great outdoors. But the truth is I sign up for races as a way to appeal to my base instinct to avoid shame and humiliation. I pay money and commit to a date, a time, and a crowd, which forces …