A large flag is tied to a pole on the top of a 100-foot tree in North Spokane, Thursday, May 23, 2019. Resident Alicene Robertson thought it would be a cool idea after seeing a news story where someone mounted a flag on a large tree on Fourth of July Pass in Idaho. A handyman hired by her boyfriend made the climb. (Jesse Tinsley / The Spokesman-Review)
Alicene Robertson puts coins in the bark of a 100-foot spruce tree, which she calls a “wishing tree” in North Spokane, Thursday, May 23, 2019. Robertson also thought it would be a cool idea to place a flag on the top of the tree after seeing a news story where someone mounted a flag on a large tree on Fourth of July Pass in Idaho. A handyman hired by her boyfriend made the climb. (Jesse Tinsley / The Spokesman-Review)
A large flag is tied to a pole on the top of a 100-foot tree in North Spokane, Thursday, May 23, 2019. Resident Alicene Robertson thought it would be a cool idea after seeing a news story where someone mounted a flag on a large tree on Fourth of July Pass in Idaho. A handyman hired by her boyfriend made the climb. (Jesse Tinsley / The Spokesman-Review)
A large flag is tied to a pole on the top of a 100-foot tree in North Spokane, Thursday, May 23, 2019. Resident Alicene Robertson thought it would be a cool idea after seeing a news story where someone mounted a flag on a large tree on Fourth of July Pass in Idaho. A handyman hired by her boyfriend made the climb. (Jesse Tinsley / The Spokesman-Review)
A large flag is tied to a pole on the top of a 100-foot tree in North Spokane, Thursday, May 23, 2019. Resident Alicene Robertson thought it would be a cool idea after seeing a news story where someone mounted a flag on a large tree on Fourth of July Pass in Idaho. A handyman hired by her boyfriend made the climb.