The last day of the ARIN meeting went well enough and the affair ended ahead of schedule. Nobody was complaining about that. All in all, it has been a valuable look into the ops community and internet governance in general. I’ll have to see if I can make it next fall.
I strolled over to Old Town after the meeting and looked around a bit. I have to say, Albuquerque has practically nothing of any interest in its downtown area. Half the buildings are empty or locked up tighter than a drum. It makes me realize just how vibrant the downtown core of Calgary really is. You can find just about anything in downtown Calgary but a bit of wandering around revealed barely anything of interest. I suppose it’s all function as far as the locals are concerned but it’s certainly not all that visitor friendly in the downtown area. Still, I would have expected more from an area that apparently has around 800,000 people in it.
As fun as things have been, however, I am looking forward to getting home. There’s only so much different a person can take before it starts to wear thin. Tomorrow, I’ll be getting up relatively early and hitting the road. Not at the expense of sleep, mind, but the more distance I make tomorrow the less I have to do on Sunday.
As a side note, I did manage to find souvenir spoons and mugs so some folks ought to be happy.