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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of the normal kind and a virtual cache (where you only find the object - these aren't actually allowed anymore and have been replaced by Waymarks).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
Canon EOS 1000D
14 June, 2009
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."
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.