GYRO DAYS AND LEAD CREEK DERBY
It’s kind of like those free-floating rubber ducky races, except with an oversized beach ball tumbling 8 miles downstream from the Lucky Friday Mine in Mullan to downtown Wallace. Participants purchase raffle tickets in hopes of matching the final travel time, which can take about three to five hours — all while dozens of onlookers follow the large, multicolored ball along the riverbank. It’s a bizarre but much beloved annual tradition. This year marks the 73rd running with a threeday carnival in downtown Wallace. The ball hits the water at noon on JUNE 21.
SPLASH IT UP
Almost nothing makes me more envious of kids today than the growing popularity of public spray parks and splash pads. Spokane now has 17 of these splash pads across the city, from Manito to Chief Garry Park, with interactive sprinklers, spray cannons and other ridiculously fun-looking accessories. And they’re all completely free. The Discovery Playground at Mirabeau Point Park in Spokane Valley has jumping water jets and other spray equipment. The newly opened McEuen Park in Coeur d’Alene also has a 12,000-squarefoot spray park with eight water features. Kids never had it so good. For more information on the locations and operations of Spokane splash pads, check out beta.spokanecity.org/recreation/aquatics/ splashpads.
Benefiting:
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Spokane now boasts 17 splash pads across
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