Lessons from a Classic Adventure Parenting Memoir Cover photo courtesy of Olivia Dugenet By Olivia Dugenet “Caprice” was a 25-foot boat with a cockpit, engine room and just enough space to sleep Muriel Wylie Blanchet and her five children. They spent entire summers on “Caprice” back in the 1920s and ‘30s, exploring the waters and […]
In high school, my friend Beth and I coined a term for ourselves: red-faced sisters. This referred to the way we looked—for hours—after exercise. We were two pale, rosy-undertoned teenagers who avoided sports and physical activity, preferring Reel Big Fish concerts, reading Allure magazine, and watching old Beatles documentaries. After every PE class and warm
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The watersports wonder of wing foiling Cover photo courtesy of Gwen LeTutour There hasn’t been a whole lot of evolution in the wind sports industry over the last several decades. The ‘70s and ‘80s saw the emergence of windsurfing, and with it a collective culture of wind-bums who ascended upon legendary towns like Hood River,
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Find whitewater thrills and serene drifting for the day down this scenic Montana river. Cover photo courtesy of ROW Adventures There’s nothing like a multi-day wilderness river rafting trip for unwinding from the stress of our daily lives and re-connecting with nature, but such trips are a big time commitment that won’t always work out
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Find off-the-beaten-path adventures in north-central Washington. Oroville locals refer to their small town of around 2,000 just south of the Canadian Border in north central Washington as the “gold at the end of the road,” a nod to its location at the end of US Hwy 97 and its gold mining history. Situated at the
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Other than your backyard, dogs are encouraged to be off-leash at designated dog park areas. There are several dog parks in Spokane, like High Bridge Dog Park and Riverside Dog Park. (See Spokanecity.org/parks/dogs for more.) Atlas Mill Park along the Spokane River in Coeur d’Alene has a beautiful off-leash beach dog park where they can
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Cover photo courtesy of Brian Heer The first time I saw a grouse in the backcountry, I thought it was a chicken. It’s just one of many backpacking stories that have solidified in our family’s repertoire of stories from the mountains. Though I’d tried to maintain a cool composure as my father threw out new
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Cover photo courtesy of Amy McCaffree Emerson was my first companion. An all-white Siberian husky—a dog breed I specifically chose for its high energy and athletic endurance—Emerson came into my life at a pivotal time. I was 24 years old, recovering from heartbreak, and had read that having a pet decreased stress and one’s risk
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By Peter Moynes Cover photo by Lindsay Donovan courtesy of Nelson Kootenay Lake Tourism I met Jason and Alice in the Morning Mountain parking lot, just outside of Nelson, British Columbia. It was a beautiful Friday afternoon in mid-June. The two had just finished riding Blue Steel, and with wide eyes and wider grins, they
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