If you’ve been thinking about heading up to Ferry County to ride or walk the Ferry County Rail Trail, recent improvements have made the trail even more user friendly. In mid-May, an eight-foot-wide smooth, firm surface made of crusher fines was spread and compacted on 2.3 miles of the trail along the west side of […]
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Adventure is one of those words that can mean very different things to different people. What would your “ultimate summer adventure” look like? Hopefully we’ve at least touched on a few local outing and travel ideas that fit your definition. Is a weekend of camping at Swan Lake in northeast Washington’s Ferry County with a
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My family doesn’t fish. Sacrilege, I know. I don’t have anything against fishing and I certainly love eating fish but a middle class family of four can only accommodate a finite amount of outdoor pastimes and gear. Fishing didn’t make our short list. Neither did bow hunting, through-hiking, or adventure racing. But lake kayaking did.
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Every year we gather together to share information about what is happening in outdoor recreation in our “near nature near perfect” Spokane. It is just to hard to attend all of the meetings for all of the wonderful outdoor organizations that help support recreation in Spokane so we bring everyone together for a quick report.
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The inaugural Ferry County Rail Trail Ski Day last Saturday January 15 was quite a success thanks to all who came out and got moving despite somewhat foggy, January weather. At least 70 attended, ranging in age from 2 years old to 80 years young! Whole families who had never skied or snowshoed before participated
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Photos of 770 foot trestle over Curlew Lake by Bob Whittaker Ferry County: Another milestone for the Ferry County Rail Trail was reached today when the Northeast Washington RTPO Policy Board awarded a $100,000 WSDOT Transportation Enhancement grant to the County. The original grant application was for approximately $300,000 for design and installation of decking
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By Jon Snyder, founding publisher of Out There Monthly I wish there was an automatic people-counter on the newly paved portion of the Fish Lake Trail. Annecdotal evidence suggests that the mild winter and the long wait for the new trail segments has combined for an explosion of users. This winter also saw a $2 million
Interested in promoting a 100-mile combined trail that connects 11 communities in the Northeast Washington/B.C. boundary area? Join the Kettle Falls to Colville Trail Committee, Ferry County Rail Trail Partners, Grand Forks Community Trail Society and the Kettle River Rail Trail Council for a Combined Trail Meeting on Monday, March 1st at 6:30 p.m. The
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Our latest editorial has some folks rilled up, including reader Doug Kelley: Jon, You have got to be kidding, support? $6-8 million dollars for a track, then Brownfield clean up, then new water and sewer systems, then new bathrooms to meet ADA, then clean up old buildings and do some investment in the usable buildings.
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The following letter was emailed to Spokane County Commisioners on 3/26/08: I URGE SPOKANE COUNTY to give the strongest possible consideration to purchasing and operating Spokane Raceway Park. As the publisher of the region’s only outdoor recreation magazine some of my readers are going to think I’m crazy for advocating this. At Out There Monthly
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