Pulse Growing on the Palouse
Every August (this year, the 16th and 17th), thousands of visitors flock to Reaney Park in Pullman, Washington for the annual National Lentil Festival. While there, they stroll through the garbanzo garden, buy from marketplace vendors, sample the world’s largest bowl of lentil…Continue reading→
The Palouse: An Overview
Driving through the Palouse is as relaxing as sitting a hot tub, jets turned off. I first experienced the ride when my husband and I spent a couple of days in Walla Walla. On the way to the city of vineyards…Continue reading→
Ponderosa Pine: Spokane’s Official Tree
Author Barb Bentler Ullman lists ten native tree species inhabiting eastern Washington: the ponderosa, lodgepole, and western white pines; interior Douglas fir; western larch and quacking aspen; the netleaf hackberry, water birch, black cottonwood, and Oregon white oak. Ten species, and the three…Continue reading→
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→