The city of Spokane was initially named "Spokane Falls" because it was once the site of a large village of Spokane Indians and they had named it “Stluputqu” which means Swift Water and the river is very swift lots of Falls. Later it was shortened to just Spokane.
The city also features Riverfront and Manito park. The Riverfront is fabulous, they have cable cars that cross over the Lower Falls, but they were closed for renovations..bummer...so we walked along the Spokane River and crossed over the many walking bridges they have. We saw the Upper and Lower Falls, they were spectacular!
We spent two days exploring the Falls and then we went to Manito Park.. it is a botanical park and quite beautiful..a lot of the flowers were were just starting to come up and lots had not even poked their little heads up, we were there early in the spring, but from the looks of it I bet it is incredible when it is in full bloom!
The only thing I was surprised about was the amount of beggars in Spokane, they were on every corner.. every one! On the busier corners they had shifts of them..some were making signs while other were trying to get cars to give them money. They were lots of them in Walmart buying sign making stuff! Not sure if they are homeless or this is a new “job”. Most of them were quite young!
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