Keith Van Thiel paddles upstream towards the Iron Bridge on the Spokane River, Tuesday morning, Aug. 6, 2019. He said it was the his first time he has tried paddle boarding on the Spokane River.

Lorna Barrowman paints a scene from Coeur d’Alene’s City Park beach, Thursday, July 25, 2019. Barrowman is part the Coeur d’Alene Art Association’s Plein Air group, whose 60 or so members paint outside instead of a studio.

Alicia Ferrara and her daughter Angelia, 13, launch hand-make rockets during the Spokane County Library District Space Week, Monday, July 15, 2019, at Valley Mission Park.

Samantha Richardson, 5, on far left, her sister, Bridgette, 8, center, and neighbor friend Gretchen Heinen, 9, enjoy some summer fun on a slackline in the Richardson’s front yard at 29th Avenue and Manito Boulevard, Friday, July 5, 2019.

Two velvet-antlered mule deer enjoy a twilight snack as the sun sets on Monday evening, June 17, 2019, near Highway 291 in Nine Mile Falls, Wash. Mule deer bucks begin growing their antlers in the spring as warmer temperatures arrive. During this period their antlers are covered in velvet like tissue, similar to skin. In late summer, bucks shed their velvet in preparation for the fall rut.

Inland Northwest Ballet of Spokane students walk hand-in-hand from the staging area in the Ovations Lounge at the Bing Crosby Theater to the backstage area for a practice session, Monday, June 17, 2019. Nearly 300 students are participating in the Magical Music Box performances Wednesday at 7 p.m. and Friday at 3 and 7 p.m.

Two-year-old Angus Rainwater takes advantage of the beautiful weather while swinging in his front yard in Millwood on Tuesday, April 30, 2019.

Brian Myers found the biggest umbrella he could find when shopping. He used it Friday morning in the rain while walking home on Skyview Drive with his daughter, Lillian, 3, after the pair dropped off his son at Jefferson Elementary School, April 26, 2019, in Spokane, Wash.

A crew from GuildWorks, a Portland firm which specializes in vinyl rain and sun shades, begins the process of installing the coverings on the “wings” of the butterfly sculpture in Riverfront Park, Wednesday, April 24, 2019. The fabric is first attached with temporary plastic ties, then lashed on with rope. When finished, the sculpture, dating back to Expo ’74, will turn with the wind and bounce during gusts.

A resident beaver grooms itself as it takes shelter in a niche in the rocky cliff below the Avista Post Street Substation near Spokane Falls, Friday, April 19, 2019. The falls nearby were running at high volume, creating a thunderous roar.

From story time to bike time, James Halttunen spends the morning with his daughter, Matilda, 2, as they ride around Drumheller Springs Parks after participating in a reading program at the Shadle Library, Wednesday, April 17, 2019, in Spokane, Wash.

Christopher Helm, journeyman electrician for MerIt Electric, climbs to the second story to work on data lines atop a commercial building on Washington at Third Avenue, Wednesday, April 10, 2019, in Spokane, Wash.

A northern flicker woodpecker perches outside its willow tree nest cavity along the banks of Cannon Hill Pond on Spokane’s South Hill., Tues., April 9, 2019.

Pedestrians find shelter under umbrellas as rain falls on the corner of Monroe Street and Sprague Avenue, Tuesday, April 9, 2019, in Spokane, Wash.

Michelle Conwell laces up nearly-new roller skates for her daughter, Shariah, 7, as they visited the Numerica Skate Ribbon for the first time, Monday, April 1, 2019, in Spokane’s Riverfront Park. The pair planned to spend the first day of spring break enjoying attractions in the park.

After breaking through the ice at Hauser Lake a river otter eats his breakfast on Friday, March 29, 2019.

Gio, an 11-year-old Italian Greyhound, left, and Ruah, a 13-year-old Whippet, don their spring fashion wear as they pause on a walk with their owner, Gary Gilbert, Thursday, March 28, 2019, on 28th Avenue near Post Street in Spokane, Wash. Gilbert and the dogs were on their way home so he could get another pair of dogs out for a stroll.

A wild turkey roams among the parking meters and parked cars on Riverside Avenue, Friday, March 22, 2019, in downtown Spokane, Wash.

The full moon rises over Hauser Lake as it reaches its peak on the same day as the spring equinox, on March 20, 2019. The last time the full Moon and the spring equinox coincided this closely (4 hours apart) was in March 2000, but the last time they occurred on the same date was on March 20, 1981.

With temperatures reaching into the 50 degree range, Sean Chavez, of Medical Lake, Wash., soaps up his 2013 Audi S5 convertible to remove the winter grime, Monday, March 18, 2019, at the Brown Bear Car Wash on W. Sunset Highway.