Recreation

Enjoying the Outdoors

By Gabriel Cruden / October 31, 2025 /

If you’ve spent time in this area for any amount of time, you may know fall and winter is a popular time for the hunters to emerge. Maybe you’ve been…

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Hiking with Soph: What’s in My Pack?

By Gabriel Cruden / August 29, 2025 /

  By Sophia Mattice-Aldous This is a list of what I keep on my person as a day hiker. Be sure to do your own research and reach out to…

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Hit the Trail with Soph

By Gabriel Cruden / August 1, 2025 /

By Sophia Mattice-Aldous While perusing a list of local hikes sent to me by a correspondent from the Washington Trails Association (WTA), I felt a skittering of exercise insecurity. Don’t…

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Berries

By Gabriel Cruden / August 1, 2025 /

By Ray Bilderback When I was 11 and 12 years old, I lived with my maternal grandparents on their little farm. On that farm, there was a respectable raspberry patch…

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How Fishing Rods Are Made

By Huckleberry Press / April 3, 2023 /
Joe Douglas

Have you wondered from time to time just how fishing rods are made today? The simple answer is pretty much like they were in the 1800s and 1900s, with the understanding that the technology used to design rod blanks, and the tools utilized by the maker have advanced considerably over the years.

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