methow valley

Where does the water go first when a sewer explodes? Would you like to buy many, many, many wreaths? Oh, and is anybody up for a quick game of Screaming Toes? Cause if not, you need to come up with a different way to pass the time while we're hiking through the lush greenery of Methow Valley, Washington.

In this episode, we read from the following articles in Methow Valley News:
“Valley Life: Winthrop” by Ashley Lodato (Nov. 30, 2022).
“Kick off the Holiday Season this Weekend With Several Events (Nov. 16, 2022).
“Valley Kids Learn About Natural Connections at Mountain School” (Oct. 12, 2022).
“An Inside Look at Twisp Sewers” by Ann McCreary (Oct. 26, 2016).

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Phil Davis and his wife, Cathy moved to the Methow Valley in Washington State and fell in love. Not just with the land, but with the people and the history of this place. That history includes a landscape of hardship for the First People of this valley and the wild salmon who have made the 400-mile journey from the sea back inland here since time immemorial. Phil decided to write a story, with a salmon-eye view about what this journey means. Then he and Cathy went further and led a community effort to build something very special to honor the history, people, salmon and land of this place. Listen to Phil tell the story on this special episode of Save What You Love.

Dickinson is a fascinating young athlete. She was just six when her parents followed family friends in a move to Winthrop, Wash. at a time when the community was starting to make a splash as a premier nordic center in America. Cross country skiing became a way of life, with junior racing and high school as she forged her path in the sport.

For Dickinson, her joy of shooting came early on an impromptu range. And while she followed her skiing dreams to Sun Valley after high school, she always kept biathlon in the back of her mind. She was recruited by biathlete and coach Chad Salmela to ski at St. Scholastica in Duluth, Minn. and quickly discovered another cultural hotbed of the sport in the Midwest.

Biathlon ultimately became her sport direction, moving her way up the ranks from biathlon Junior World Championships to becoming a regular on the IBU Cup. In early January, she'll be one of a select group of U.S. athletes battling for the final Olympic spots for a spot in Beijing.

One of the influencing factors in Dickinson's career has been women coaches, going back to her days in the Methow Valley and continuing on at St. Scholastic with Maria Stuber. She's channeled that passion into an organization, the Women Ski Coaches Association, which works to develop, retain, and advance women in ski coaching leadership.