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Sunday morning, council matters were done before lunch, and my flight didn't leave until 6ish. So I had time for lunch and a bit more leisurely walk around downtown Spokane. Found two caches of the normal kind and a virtual cache (where you only find the object - these aren't actually allowed anymore and have been replaced by Waymarks). The above was the neighborhood around a cache I didn't find commemorating (sort of, the poster was pretty sarcastic about) an old Art Deco building that used to be there. However, there still seem to be a number of historical buildings in the neighborhood. The old guy waiting for the bus must thought I was nuts, creeping around behind the stone fence around the parking lot - I was trying to be stealthy, but my back made me stand up straight every once in a while.

Downtown Spokane, WA
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14 June, 2009


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I took this one for my wannabe astronaut son; it commemorated Michael Anderson, an astronaut on the Columbia shuttle, who considered Spokane his hometown. Around the bottom of the sculpture it says "Keep the Dream Alive."

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This was the virtual cache, a gorgeous Loofs Carousel that's over 100 years old; to log it, you had to take a picture of yourself actually riding it. The horses are all hand carved and have real hair tails, and it actually had rings to grab; I actually managed to grab one! Although they're plastic now, instead of brass. It was fast too; see how the poles are tilted inward? That's to keep you from falling off the horse!

Seems to be a pretty nice town; I wouldn't mind going back.

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