LIBERTY LAKE - On August 5, the city of Liberty Lake held the annual Barefoot in the Park event from 9:00 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. and thousands of area residents came out to enjoy the festivities.
The event is an annual park day with lots of activities, including vendor booths open from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
The park was filled with family activities such as bouncy houses, an obstacle course, and Touch-A-Truck event from mid morning to early evening.
Touch-A-Truck is a family fun event that allows kids to see, be in and explore service vehicles and meet the people who run and operate these vehicles.
Industrial trucks weren't the only trucks on site, as the event had lots of food vendors set up throughout the day.
They had cornhole board available and pickleball courts open from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
A large portion of the park was taken over by the car show, which held over 125 cars and went from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., and had awards going out starting at 3:00 p.m.
Other presentations were ongoing through the day also, including multiple dog demonstrations.
Spokane Agility brought a course together for area dogs to run, and it showcased the training that goes into agility courses.
Dogs large and small did their best to complete the course in front of the Liberty Lake crowd. Leaping over the bars while the crowd cheered them on.
Sit Means Sit dog training out of Post Falls was also demonstrating dog training. Trent Stephenson owns the business, and brought his Belgian Malinois, Bounce, to the show.
According to Stephenson, it is great for the dogs to get out in front of crowds.
"Bounce loves being in front of a crowd to show off," Stephenson said. "She has been such a good dog to train and it shows people in the audience what proper training can do for dogs."
Bounce was attentively listening to her owner while doing some acrobatic tricks, leaping into the air to catch discs.
Following the animal escapades, the Northwest Taekwondo Academy brought their students out to show the crowd what they learn in the academy.
David Himebaugh, the senior instructor had his students showcase different techniques called tenets. They also performed some basic sparring exercises for the crowd.
A golf cart parade had folks cruising around the park at 1:00 p.m. and the festivities went on into the evening with live music.
Matthew graduated from West Virginia University-Parkersburg in 2011 with a journalism degree. He's an award-winning photographer and enjoys writing stories about people.
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