Author: Nspire Magazine

Builder: MB BuildersI admit I was a bit nervous looking down the mouth of this fully enclosed slide. But I bit my lip and leaned forward. One and then two full…

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Bob and Jean Eilmas celebrate their 64th wedding anniversary and their 86th birthdays this year. One might expect them to be in an assisted living facility, or wheelchairs, or walking with…

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The Inland Northwest has some very playful homes, thanks to the imagination of their owners and the ingenuity of the area’s talented builders and contractors. We visited a few of…

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A WISE MAN ONCE SAID THE TWO BEST DAYS OF A SAILOR’S LIFE IS THE DAY THEY BUY A BOAT AND THE DAY THEY SELL THEIR BOAT. I NEVER QUITE…

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You’ve hiked the usual suspects: Tubbs Hill, Mineral Ridge, and the Canfield Trail System. Perhaps you’ve ventured out to Harrison Lake, Trout and Big Fisher Lakes in the Selkirks, or Stevens…

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Some sensible person once remarked that you spend the whole of your life either in your bed or in your shoes. Having done the best you can by shoes and…

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Very few events in life can actually be categorized as “once in a lifetime.” Viewing the ocean’s top predator, the orca (yes, they even eat sharks), from a sea kayak…

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Greg Helbling finds himself, early one morning, standing in the sand gazing out at the open-water swim course on Lake Coeur d’Alene. It’s 2011 and, at 55 years young, he…

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