MISSOULA – It will wind over Montana mountain ranges and course through valleys like a river: A ribbon of dirt roads, double-track and rare bit of tarmac traversing Big Sky Country from south to north, and offering motorcyclists a taste of the best riding in the state.
There is a mythical land beyond the invisible boundaries of our neighborhood, a place where rules don’t apply and lawlessness is the sweet reward of those who plow their own roads and take their own trash to the dump. It’s a place where red tape is unheard of, Tyvek counts as siding, and nobody is coming to see if your Grassed Infiltration Area meets volume requirements.
The Selway-Bitterroot Frank Church Foundation, a partner of the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests, has launched a new program to introduce young people to Idaho’s wilderness.
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK – Imagine the cyclist clad in brightly colored skin-tight shorts and top, helmeted head held low, legs pumping hard into the headwind as they pedal up a steep hill near Norris Geyser Basin.
SEATTLE – RAMROD is back on: The 40th annual Ride Around Mount Rainier in One Day endurance cycling event will circle Mount Rainier National Park on Sept. 4.
My grandmother liked clocks. In fact, I’d say she had a sort of fascination with timekeeping, as if it was responsible for her productivity or a marker of her success.