TWIN FALLS — A proposed park near the Snake River Canyon rim got a boost this week when Chobani announced it would donate $250,000 toward its development.
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TWIN FALLS — A proposed park near the Snake River Canyon rim got a boost this week when Chobani announced it would donate $250,000 toward its development.
With the loud wind in my ears and the constant sound of the tube bouncing off the water, it was nearly impossible to transcribe what my mom was shouting at me. “Look to your right,” she hollered. Bearing the pain of the saltwater splashing into my eyes, I glanced over. I saw a fin. Instinctively, I thought it was a shark and instantly felt the panic flood my thoughts. For all the years I’ve been tubing in Tybee Island, Georgia, I had never seen that before. Moments following, I saw another fin, followed by another. That’s when I realized they were not sharks, but rather dolphins. I had never seen a dolphin, let alone, three within thirty feet of me. Each year, Tybee Island has new events in store for me; some positive and some negative. Although I have created many positive memories at Tybee Island, I have learned that one negative experience cannot negate experiencing the outdoors that I love most.
The cold snap that started this week and scrambled so many people’s Christmas travel plans also messed up the bar-crawl progress of local hummingbirds. They normally spend the day flitting from feeder to feeder (and, when they’re blooming, flower to flower).
Officials with the Washington state Department of Agriculture are seeking the expansion of the state's internal Japanese beetle quarantine area after a number of beetles were found outside the quarantine area, which was established earlier this year.
Skiers and snowboarders throughout Idaho have much to celebrate this holiday season, with all 19 Gem State ski areas either already open or opening the day after Christmas.
The blue sky and sunshine hung so perfectly in the sky that it would have been easy to believe it was summer on the Oregon Coast as I carried my surfboard toward the crashing waves at Agate Beach in Newport.
My husband and I both like spending a lot of time in the outdoors—just not with each other. This is an important feature of married life where you ought to have some things in common but not all things in common.
