I have become something of a gowalla junkie in the past few months and it was especially fun on the Portland trip. It was like when I first started using Gowalla because every place I went was a new checkin. However, I don’t know if Portland is a foursquare town or just too hipster to use gowalla, but compared to Austin it seemed like not that many people were using it.
The one thing I was most sad about was the complete lack of trips in Portland. I mean seriously, how is there not at least a brewery tour or a waterfall tour or a bridge tour or a park tour? There are so many great opportunities for trips in that city and yet none exist. So I created a simple one for the Oregon Zoo since the wife and I stopped in there during our stay. Now the closest trips in Portland won’t be Seattle and San Francisco anymore.
To all the Portland people who use Gowalla, get out there and start creating some trips and showcase the awesome spots in your town. Otherwise, I am going to have to do it from Austin and that just feels odd.
UPDATE: I couldn’t resist, I created a trip for Portland’s bridges as well.
