Sandpoint, ID

Each year during the winter carnival Eichardt’s holds it’s annual K-9 Keg Pull. This was the first year I had gone, but I have always wanted to go, I just had never made it to the event. The Keg Pull starts at 10am, so my friends and I showed up about 10 minutes early. We [...]

As part of the Sandpoint Winter Carnival, the Midwinter Art Fest is the largest art event in the history of Sandpoint winters.
With 45 artist, snow golf and volleyball, treats, beverages, and family fun. Sponsored by Dover Bay Waterfront Community and arrainged by Gary Lirette, host of North Idaho Arts & Adventure. For more info, call [...]

Local nurseries have already begun receiving stock of plants and seeds. Don’t forget to check there first for the bulk of your gardening supplies. Until then, it never hurts to dream. Here is a quick look at a few of the best catalogs and online sources for plants and seeds.

For some things, you just have to get down on your belly.
Autumn brings some phenomenal changes to the Idaho Panhandle, and it’s easy to get overwhelmed by grand vistas and calendar-ready sunsets. If you shorten your focal plane just a bit, you’ll zero in on leaves pirouetting to earth and the glow of slanted rays coursing through old oaks, maples, and elms.

On a breezy fall day my family and I decided to take a walk along the shoreline of Lake Pend ‘d Oreille near the train station. We drove past The Seasons, giving a friendly wave to the security guard as we passed (the road is a public right away so there is no reason to stop) and found a gravel parking lot just past the water treatment building. We found several signs that points to the trail head, which begins along the railroad tracks, and began our walk.

In this article, I’ll give you a basic introduction to what is called water-bath canning, a method best suited to high acid foods.

Located in the Roosevelt Grove of Ancient Cedars is Granite Falls. My friends and I were taking a leisurely Sunday drive around Priest Lake and stopped here to see the falls. We pulled into the parking lot and campground, finding only one other group there. We got out of the truck and walked to the 1 mile round trip trail.

It had been years since I had been to Priest Lake and this year I had been begging my boyfriend to take me as he is pretty familiar with the lake, since he spent some of his childhood at the lake. He finally caved and we invited a few of our friends and headed over to Priest Lake

From the chair behind my booth, I had a good view of two kids storming Schweitzer’s climbing tower, a batch of future acrobats taking advantage of the Funtastics tumbling station, and a group of ersatz drunks exhorting each other through the “beer-goggles” course. Sandpoint’s first annual Community Health and Wellness Fair was in full swing, and the turnout looked pretty good.

They have a certain je ne sais quois that I will either pay $40 a gallon for or walk around a hillside all day in the heat with mosquitoes dive-bombing my head to get.