[SkateDC] Sunday Combined Skate Cue Sheet for Feb 8

[Bill English]

I am  planning to use a 12.5 mile route that I came up with shortly after I started leading skates (around 2000?). I have used it a few times already, but probably not within the last three years. It is time to try it again. It contains many interesting hills. This is the route that pissed-off Mary the Bagel Lady and made her stop skating. It is just a little too demanding for Intermediates, but that makes it about right for a Combined Intermediate-Advanced skate. Allison Formal liked this route a lot.
 
For a map, go to: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=2544016
 
 
                  north                  From White House, through Lafayette Park 
straight        north                 16th Street 
right             northeast         Rhode Island Avenue 
                   Re-group at 7th street NW, Shaw-Howard Metro left on 7th for Metro Train bail
                    northeast         Rhode Island Avenue 
left             north                  1st Street (NW) (just after Channing)
right             east                  Michigan Avenue (just after North Capitol)
right             south                  Hawthorn or Franklin Street (bike route right fork)
left                 east Curve         onto Franklin Street 
                       Re-group at 7th street NE nearMetro Tracks (left on 7th for CUA Metro bail)
                     east                  Franklin Street (Shortcut: Rhode Island(left) to 7/11 store @ 20th Street)
left                 north              20th Street NE (big down and up hill for fun) Send patrol ahead to guard park crosswalk at bottom of dip
                       Re-group at "7/11" store (Slurpees!) @ 20th & Rhode Island Ave. 
straight            north              20th Street NE Shepherd Street
left                 northwest         Bunker Hill Street 
leftfork            west                  Taylor Street Metro Tracks
left curve         east                 no-name connecting ramp to McCormack Road 
right                 south              McCormack Road (just west of Metro Tracks) 
wing it             southwest         Re-group at big Cathedral/Shrine, CUA Campus 
right                 southwest         Michigan Avenue fork on right into Columbia Rd.
right                northwest            Irving Street
left fork            southwest        Harvard Street
right fork          west                  Columbia Road  
                                               Re-group at 18th, Adams Morgan 
left                 south                  18th Street, NW
left                southeast            Massachusetts Avenue
right                south                17th Street, NW 
left                 south                  White House