Out & About

OUTWAY

CdA Trail groomed

The 72-mile Trail of the Coeur d’Alenes from Plummer to Mullan is swept and bikers, walkers, in-line skaters are already cruising .

The paved rail trail has become wildly popular, with more than 100,000 trail users last year. A new batch of 15,000 trail maps was published this winter and 7,000 of them already have been requested from cyclists across the United States and abroad, according to Jon Ruggles of the Friends of Coeur d’Alene Trails. Check it out: www.friendsofcdatrails.org.

OUTBIKE

Homage to the fallen

Spokane cyclists are organizing a Ride of Silence to mourn cyclists killed or injured on roadways and show they are not going to be intimidated off streets they legally share with motorists.

Meet 7 p.m., May 16, at Mirabeau Point North Trailhead near Centennial Trail mile marker 11. Wear black armbands, be silent, ride tall. www.rideofsilence.org /main.php

OUTLAY

Map price hiked

With no warning, the U.S. Forest Service increased the cost of national forest maps starting in March.

The color maps showing public land ownership, roads, trails, campgrounds and other essential information for forest travelers are now $9 for paper and $10 for waterproof plastic.

In 1979, the maps cost 50 cents.

OUTWIT

Tribute to trout

A decent alternative to catching a trout would be hearing Spokane angler, author and psychologist Paul Quinnett present “The Isaac Walton Code: How to Add at Least Five Trout Seasons to Your Life.”

Enjoy the evening with Quinnett followed by a showing of “Trout Grass,” a documentary written by angler and author David James Duncan, on Thursday, 7 p.m., at Kress Gallery in River Park Square, presented by Spokane Falls Trout Unlimited.

The documentary explores the allure of moving water, a century-old rod-making tradition and the wonder of catch-and-release fly fishing.

RSVP: (509) 863-5696 or e-mail sam@wildsalmon.org.

OUTLOOK

Best fishing times

Lunar tables from the U.S. Naval Observatory. Be fishing at least one hour before and one hour after peak times. Applies to all time zones.

(* indicates best days.)

Through May 13

Today

4:10 a.m., 4:35 p.m.

Monday

5:05 a.m., 5:35 p.m.

* Tuesday

6 a.m., 6:25 p.m.

* Wednesday

6:50 a.m., 7:15 p.m.

Thursday

7:40 a.m., 8:05 p.m.

Friday

8:30 a.m., 8:55 p.m.

Saturday

9:20 a.m., 9:45 p.m.

Next Sunday

10:10 a.m., 10:35 p.m.

See the Hunting-Fishing Report

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