Love to see Spokane on SSP!
The falls are really, really impressive in person, like something you'd go a long way to visit.
Riverfront Park (with the latice-structure feature) is one of my favorites anywhere. It was a World's Fair site in 1974 and has been nicely redone.
Downtown Spokane is legit. Featured in Macklemore's "Downtown" btw. The Davenport Hotel is fantastic.
Gonzaga's basketball team is also pretty legit.
Spokane is very much like Boise, though the latter has grown faster due to Micron etc. Very similar size, weather, outdoor culture...