Road Biking Road Bike Areas The Spokane area offers the best in road biking. You can live in the heart of our city and ride from home, visiting quiet roads in minutes. We have low traffic rural roads surrounding the city that lead to pine forests, rolling wheat fields and small towns. Spokane has a […]
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WASHINGTON Horseshoe Lake: Members of the Spokane Canoe and Kayak Club consider this small lake (128 acres) one of the best for paddling. It’s a designated no-wake lake with a 5 mph speed limit located in Pend Oreille County 4 miles north of the Spokane County line to the west of Highway 2. Horseshoe Lake
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Upon arrival, you first inhale deeply, as your eyes absorb the panoramic view – blue water reflecting sun rays, green trees, brown and gray rocks under your feet, or maybe sand, and perhaps distant mountain peaks. You exhale and then you feel it: burdens lifting, stress dissipating. And whatever encumbering metaphorical baggage you had been
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I’m driving westbound on I-90 into the heart of eastern Washington’s channeled scablands, and it’s hard to envision trout fishing. Nothing here resembles the traditional “trouty” waters I grew up with. Basalt outcrops throughout the arid plains represent the only topography here in a treeless landscape that seems to have no business supporting aquatic life.
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Last August I spent five days riding my bike on the John Wayne Pioneer Trail and Columbia Plateau Trails from North Bend to Spokane. The dry eastern portion was the most interesting to me. It was the most challenging due to the heat and lack of shade but the most rewarding for the awesome silence
Being readers more than TV watchers, after the tragic terrorist attacks in Paris and Beirut this past month, we read the sickening details on our phones and shuddered and boiled with anger like many others all across the world. It’s difficult to comprehend how some human beings can be so filled with hate, so blinded
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I rode 108 miles on a two speed bike. According to Strava, the ride was 7,222 feet of elevation with only two gears to choose from. It was not something I set out to do, but once fate stepped in, I decided to press on. The Coeur d’Fondo is a bike ride around Lake Coeur
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Outdoor experiences make life worth living, and our area is rich with lakes and mountains to enjoy. While the challenges or the motivations vary, there is no shortage of inspirational landscapes to appreciate. Whether you’re a biker, hiker or paddler, you probably bring along your camera to document your outings. Outdoor photography connects people in
Inland northwest residents talk about the Missoulian Floods like they’re a story out of the Bible—most people even call them “The Great Floods.” Fifteen thousand years ago, glacial floods rerouted rivers, carved out ravines, and created new lakes from Lake Missoula to the Columbia River. The floods left our region punctuated by the Channeled Scablands,
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Whereas most outdoor enthusiasts in the Spokane area know about the Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge, they may not know that from November to February the park is free. Normally the park requires an entrance fee, but in the cold winter months, outside of the major wildlife migration patterns, the Turnbull Refuge can be enjoyed for
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