OTM reader and commuter Luke Bakken Luke Bakken noticed an omission in this month’s Guide to Buying Your first Adult Bike: “I just wanted to point out that the guide left out one entire category of bicycles that are appropriate for first-time buyers: recumbents. While not as familiar (or inexpensive) as their upright cousins, recumbents […]
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CARS ARE TRANSPORTATION? Cars are time machines. Cars collapse space and time like no other form of transportation. You could get somewhere by foot, horse, train, or boat before the car, but it might take you hours, days, or weeks. We’ve become addicted to that time travel, so much so that when our car trips
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CARS ARE TRANSPORTATION? Cars are time machines. Cars collapse space and time like no other form of transportation. You could get somewhere by foot, horse, train, or boat before the car, but it might take you hours, days, or weeks. We’ve become addicted to that time travel, so much so that when our car trips
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GOT MILK If you’re talking the kind that’s certified organic and produced at a local, family-owned dairy, the answer, for the most part, is “no.” Wilcox Family Farms- perhaps the region’s most recognized local brand name for certified organic milk – shut down its dairy in Cheney last month. Weeks before, it also was forced
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You might think that whitewater kayaking is the sport of choice for a thrill-seeking twenty-something, but Terry Miller just might convince you otherwise. This avid local kayaker might be over the hill, but don’t let that fool you-this guy can rip through rapids. Miller’s first kayak experience was a side venture during a Salmon River
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Got this in my inbox yesterday, forwarded from the FIRC, purportedly from Spokane City Parks and Rec: April 1, 2008 To: The citizens of Spokane; RE Squirrel mating season Thank you in advance for extending me the courtesy of writing you in the collective to make this note speedy and a big thank-you to our
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PIONEER VOICES OF PRIEST LAKE Kris Runberg Smith, Editor Kehoe Press, 2007, 208 pages DRAWING ON CHILDHOOD memories of the Priest Lake region, Ms. Runberg Smith weaves oral histories from a dozen or so Priest Lake pioneers into a refreshing view of the region’s history. Unlike some of the prior histories of the region, which
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MOST OF MY FRIENDS and family members that do not ride bikes for practical purposes cite safety as the main reason. Many of these folks enjoy riding bikes. They’ll ride their bikes around the neighborhood or they’ll load their bikes onto their car and ride the Centennial Trail or another off-street trail. But when it
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The view of Lake C’dA as seen from Tubbs Hill at 8AM, Friday 3/14. // Photo By jon Snyder The Centennial Trail is now snow-free to Coeur d’Alene—except for a short patch at the rest stop right before the Northwest Blvd. exit! Why not get out your bike and go? I did Thursday and Friday
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RAISE A PINT LADS. The Flying Irish Running Club is at it again. On March 6th, just a wee bit before St Patrick’s Day, the soon-to-be world famous Spokane running club will commence their third season, rain or shine, in front of O’Doherty’s Irish Grille. For sure, the Flying Irish title is misleading. You don’t
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