I'm happy to revise my impression of it, especially since I am now old enough to take advantage of the local fondness for microbreweries. At the zoo I met up with newlyweds Doug Hanke and Kari Smith. They're friends from the Digiverse days. We zoomed around looking at the animals, and dodging the construction. I particularly admired the bat house.
Bats are really cool.
Especially fruit bats. Soon enough I was on my way back to the airport, and queues for boarding, and the prayerful snacks of Alaska Airlines. I'll be back in November, long after my folks have headed south for the winter, to attend Orycon. Maybe then I'll have time to visit Powell's. You just can't do everything in one little holiday weekend.