City of Books

It's 8:30 in Portland, and from Phil's uptown condo, I'm enjoying my final glances at Portland's growing skyline. At 10 we'll make way for the airport, at 11 I'll check in among 60 other PDX-departing JETs, and some time after 2 we'll be in the air, for 11 hours, until we touch down in Tokyo to begin the beginning.

In my final, pre-airport moments in the United States, I'll take a walk down Burnside, stopping in at Powell's City of Books to make some last minute purchases. A perfect Portland finale, I feel.

Meanwhile, I do have my Japanese physical address. I may post it here some time after getting settled in, but it's also on Facebook and I can give it to you on request.

I'll check in on the blog once I'm in my room at the hotel in Tokyo, before hopefully doing some exploring if it's not too late.

For now, Powell's opens in 15 minutes, so I better get on the road.