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Crane Season
Some people see the word crane and think migration; others think construction. Spring time brings about a lot of changes, not just seasonal changes with ...
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Are We Carb-loading or Binge Eating?
I remember decades ago when I first started running and someone told me about a pre-race spaghetti dinner. I knew I’d found my sport. It ...
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Opportunistic Hunting
I called my pal Rick, a farmer, for direction on what to do next. I was standing before a dead ruffed grouse. He told ...
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Hiking Spokane’s McLellan Conservation Area
A secluded peninsula jutting out along the Spokane River, McLellan Conservation Area offers early season accessibility and relatively easy hiking. Early April wildflowers will ...
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Learning to Love Old Places in a New Way
I was racing against the sun, and I was losing. My progress up the trail could only be described as an awkward shuffle—half-jog, half-walk. My ...
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Rockhounding: the Adventure of Discovery
What I love the most about rockhounding is the adventure of discovery. Often, I stumble across something that catches my attention while reading a ...
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The Feathers: In a Timeless Cataract at Frenchman Coulee the Future Clings to the Past
For the 13,000 or so years before Frenchman Coulee became a wildly popular destination for Northwest rock climbers, a striking formation of basalt spires stood ...
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Spokane’s Urban Outdoors
Early spring, when the weather can sometimes make just about everything you enjoy doing outside impractical, is a great time of year to start thinking ...
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Raising A Kid as an Outdoor Family
Learning from those farther along their parenting journey can inspire and encourage the less-experienced among us. Jonathan Johnson and Amy Howko, from Cheney, Wash., have ...
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