Five-year-old Layla Armes watches the city of Spokane move past while riding on Bruce Spencer's horse-drawn carriage last fall. Free rides are offered Friday evenings through the end of August, now on a bigger, wagon-bench carriage, in downtown Spokane. They'll be offered in Coeur d'Alene, too, starting Aug. 9. Story from the SR's 7 section today here. (SR file photo: Jesse Tinsley)

Question: Have you ever taken a carriage ride through downtown Coeur d'Alene? I have.