It was a glorious mid-summer day, aglow with golden sunshine sifting through verdant, swaying leaves. I pulled up to the home of local author Michael Koep, nestled amidst the houses…
Author: Nspire Magazine
Want to sleep better, stand taller, hit a ball 10 times farther? Go get stretched. Many us know stretching is the foundation for any workout. It loosens up muscles and…
Onions? For crying out loud! Onions, Allium cepa, seem so commonplace. But perhaps we’ve become desensitized to their presence and forgotten how fabulous and flavorful they can be. May I…
Onions? For crying out loud! Onions, Allium cepa, seem so commonplace. But perhaps we’ve become desensitized to their presence and forgotten how fabulous and flavorful they can be. May I…
Cat skiing in whitefish The beats are thumping Black Sunshine’s “Burn to Shine” and Ryan Fogarty has his GoPro out capturing the scene and everyone’s smiles. You’d expect with the…
Left foot… right foot… left foot… right foot. I push off the ice with each step, increasingly confident in my stride as I get a feel for my skates. My…
The deafening roar of the water is all around me. I can feel the force of the waterfall hitting me in the chest and legs. I focus in, grip the…
The helicopter door opens. We take off our seatbelts and one by one we slide out, immediately dropping into hip-deep snow. As I wade a few feet forward toward the…
Every year, a beautiful love story plays out on the waters of Idaho. It’s a classic boy-meets-girl story. She knows she has reached the age when she is ready to…
Closest city to the trailhead:Sandpoint, Idaho Average distance of hike: about 2.75 Why do you recommend it?It offers hikers incredible views of the central Selkirk Crest and the Upper Pack River…