Tag: john wayne pioneer trail

August 22, 2022

Riding a folding bike with a kid to camp the Palouse to Cascades Trail

Like so many adventuring plans, this wasn’t how we originally saw it going. But somehow I ended up biking myself and our kid on a gravel path up mountain using a folding bike. And it was great. The Palouse to Cascades Trail is an incredible place, and I can’t recommend it enough. This was the…
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tagged: bike camping, brompton, family biking, iron horse trail, john wayne pioneer trail, palouse to cascades state park trail
October 11, 2016

Tonight: Willie and Kat kick off tour to support the John Wayne Trail

If you have never heard Willie Weir and Kat Marriner spin a yarn, get yourself to Cascade Bicycling Center in Magnuson Park 7 p.m. tonight (Tuesday) for an evening that promises laughs and heartwarming positivity. Seriously, these are special people, and Seattle is lucky that they call our city home when they aren’t traveling the…
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tagged: cascade bicycle club, events, iron horse trail, john wayne pioneer trail, kat marriner, willie weir
May 6, 2016

Support a developed and accessible John Wayne Trail at Tuesday meeting in Preston

The John Wayne Pioneer Trail (AKA the Iron Horse Trail) is a magnificent statewide asset stretching from Rattlesnake Lake to Tekoa and the Idaho border. Or at least it should be. Important sections of the trail are impeded by closed trestles and tunnels. General disrepair to the unimproved railbed makes biking, hiking and horse travel…
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tagged: iron horse trail, john wayne pioneer trail, preston, washington state parks and recreation commission
March 8, 2016

No longer on the chopping block, State looks to invest in the John Wayne Trail

The movement to save and improve the state-spanning John Wayne Pioneer Trail (AKA the Iron Horse Trail) has turned out so strongly across Washington that rather than trying to give trail land away, Senate leaders are hoping to invest $100,000 into making it work better. In a letter to supporters, the Tekoa Trail and Trestle…
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tagged: 2016 legislature, iron horse trail, john wayne pioneer trail, tekoa trail and trestle association, washington state parks
January 20, 2016

With John Wayne Trail seemingly protected for now, group from Tekoa outlines steps to make it great

The John Wayne Trail appears safe from legislative giveaway, at least for now. The Tekoa Trail and Trestle Association (“TTTA”) from the far east end of the statewide John Wayne Pioneer Trail (AKA the Iron Horse Trail) sent an email to supporters Tuesday announcing that Rep. Joe Schmick does not plan to reintroduce legislation that…
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tagged: 2016 legislature, iron horse trail, joe schmick, john wayne pioneer trail, ted blaszak, tekoa, tekoa trail and trestle association
November 9, 2015

Road trip to save our state’s longest trail: Three meetings this month

The John Wayne Pioneer Trail (AKA the Iron Horse Trail) was one typo away from destruction this year. Not only do we need to protect it from another effort to give away the central half of the defunct rail right-of-way, but this should be a wake-up call to redouble our efforts as a state to…
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tagged: iron horse trail, joe schmick, john wayne pioneer trail, mary dye, tekoa, tekoa trail and trestle association