To be fair, it wasn’t even CLOSE to the farthest walk between parking lot and convention center I’ve ever seen… but those times were all weekends were I probably WASN’T going to have to run out to my car and grab something right before a panel. And wouldn’t you know it, that’s exactly what I wound up having to do MORE than once this weekend, so it’s a good thing I just bit the bullet and got a normal spot across the street.
And just because I’m realizing the logistics aren’t coming through as clearly as I’d intended: There’s one “main” parking deck right next to the Raleigh Convention Center that most people park in by default, but there’s other options around as well. One of those is a lot directly on the OTHER side of the convention center, and because I recognized the street name, I lept to the conclusion that I was reserving a spot in THAT lot. Unfortunately, I missed the line on the website explaining that, while is IS on that same street, it’s actually a few more blocks down from where I though. Again, not THAT far, but enough to nullify whatever convenience factor I would have gained by not having to get into the lot super early to snag a space… which is what I wound up doing anyway.
But I’m not gonna lie, there WAS something nostalgic about what around in the middle of the night in an urban center desperately trying to act like it had a night life again.
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