Mt. Spokane: Other Wintry Delights
Downhill skiing and snowboarding are not the only winter sports atop Mt. Spokane. Two of the others I have tried – snow tubing and snowshoeing. The third, cross-country skiing, I have not. Snow tubing: The first Christmas our two daughters visited…Continue reading→
Mt. Spokane Ski & Snowboard Park
Mount Spokane, the closest of neighboring mountains to the city itself, is a natural playground for all seasons. Here you can wander through wildflowers in the spring, cool off and pick huckleberries in the summer, hike and mountain bike in autumn’s…Continue reading→
Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture
Winter is the time to enjoy indoor activities, for me at least. When I think indoor activities, I think museums. And when I think museums here in Spokane, I think of the Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, informally known as…Continue reading→
Lake Coeur d’Alene: The Scenic Triangle
When I returned to continue my circumnavigation of Lake Coeur d’Alene, I chose to do it along the scenic triangle of I-90 and routes 3 and 97. And scenic it is, with soaring mountain ridges, symmetrical tracts of evergreen forests, glistening…Continue reading→
Circumnavigating Lake Coeur d’Alene
Lake Coeur d’Alene sprawls across the mountains of northern Idaho, resembling (with a bit of imagination) an arthritic seahorse – spindly and stooped and marked by knobby bays and inlets. It stretches twenty-five miles from end to end, with over a…Continue reading→
The Winding Little Spokane Waterway
On a map, the Little Spokane River looks like the doodles of a pre-schooler, all curves and curlicues. From the road, it can scarcely be seen, an occasional flash of water in lovely forested foothills. For kayakers, this is Spokane’s most…Continue reading→
The Dry Falls — World’s Largest
The largest waterfall in the world spans an arid region devoid of all but lichens and the hardiest shrubs. Over three and a half miles long and four hundred feet high, it is roughly three times the size of New York’s…Continue reading→
The Channeled Scablands: Story within a Story
Wedged between the temperate rain forests of western Washington and the evergreen forests of northern Idaho lies a mostly barren region of scab-shaped rock formations, massive cliffs of columnar basalt, and trough-like valleys known as coulees. The region is hot in…Continue reading→
An Ode to Williams Lake
Williams Lake kept me sane the summer of 2013, the year my husband and I moved from Puerto Rico to the Inland Northwest. When I make that comment to people in Spokane, they immediately think of Spokane County’s Williams Lake. Located…Continue reading→
Near the Border at Northport
The personal connection: The Spokane/Coeur d’Alene metropolitan area may be the largest in the Inland Northwest, but it is surrounded by dozens of small cities and towns, each with its own particular history and appeal. The one I know best is…Continue reading→