We head for Riverfront Park downtown.  There are sculptures.  Our favorites are the garbage eating goat and the giant Radio Flyer Wagon.  Of course we fed paper scraps to the goat and of course we slid down the giant wagon handle slide.  Who wouldn’t?

We rode the vintage Looff Carousel. Brian had the coolest “steed”, an Ibex carved in 1890.  We all tried for the brass ring with varying degrees of success.

The place was swarming with little kids on Strider bikes competing in some sort of races. Striders are bikes without pedals that they straddle and push with their feet, hence the name I guess.  I had never seen them before but the kids sure seemed to be having a good time.

Saturday is farmer’s market day downtown. Today there was not a speck of produce to be found.  We got sucked in by the prattle of the scone guy though when he offered a free taste.  Before long we bought a couple to share.  The lemon iced blueberry was quite spectacular.  There was fresh produce in that, right?

The Spokane River flows right through town.  They do a bit of flow regulation to generate power and manage high water but the falls are still lovely.

Johnna led the charge to check out Aunties Bookstore then we set out to find a place for lunch. We chose Hill Brothers Restaurant and Lounge which as it turns out has been on Diners and Dives.  The home made pasta with smoked salmon is delicious.  The chef’s special, a beef and cheddar on crusty home made herb and cheese bread agreed with Brian. Kent went for grilled chicken with sweet tomato chutney and pineapple which is a great flavor combination.  Johnna chose a Philly Cheese Steak.

The maple bacon ice cream was wonderfully smooth but the bacon pieces a little weird in there. The espresso ice cream is more my speed.