Author: Nspire Magazine

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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The air is crisp and fresh on this brilliant afternoon. I step out of my car just as the rain has ceased and the clouds begin to break. Sunlight spills…

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Escape Home On the shoreline of Priest Lake lies a cedar-shingle retreat. It’s a cozy cabin, just as a cabin should be. But it’s not tiny by any means. At…

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