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August 27, 2015  •  1 Comment

I was last in Spokane in 1974. For the World’s Fair.
Before I arrived, the state of Washington and the rail-hub city of Spokane did a massive amount of work:

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View from helicopter, Expo

View from helicopter, Expo ’74 World’s Fair Spokane

41 years later, I returned for the World Con.
I anticipated the removal of most of the fair buildings, and the reclamation of that land as park, but I looked forward to exploring those changes. It should have looked like this:

riverefront Instead, because of the record fires surrounding Spokane, staying at a hotel across the waterways and park (which had seemed such an idyllic notion just days before), proved a fascinating challenge when the going got tough.
One does not simply …expect Mordor:

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Keywords: Adventures, Conventions, Mordor, Spokane, World Science Fiction Convention, World's Fair

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Wichael(non-registered)
One does not simply…expect Mordor. Good ending to your blog. A good explanation of the summer.
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