[SkateDC] Special Friday Night (4/16/10) Skate in Honor of Marshall

[George Marinkovich]

It's been two years since the passing of Marshall Brown, who meant a great deal to the Washington Area Roadskaters having been a good friend to many in the club, in addition to being a longtime skate leader and president of our group.  Please join Karin Brown for a special skate this Friday, April 16, 2010, in honor of Marshall.  Everyone is most 
welcome to join us whether you knew Marshall or not.   Marshall loved skaters and skating so the more people who come out the better it will be.  If you enjoy skating with WAR, Marshall was one of the people responsible for making that a reality.  

The skate leaves the White House at 7 pm, and will follow the regular new route.  It's become something of a tradition to remember Marshall's adventurous spirit with a skate near the anniversary of his passing.   As usual we'll stop by Froggy Bottom Pub at the end of the skate for food and drinks.  There will be a toast in Marshall's honor at some point in the evening, but please remember that you can NOT bring any outside alcohol into Froggy Bottom Pub (no joke, I'm quite serious about that, Hien will kill me if this happens again).  On the other hand, if someone happened to have a little "apple juice" on them and some cups when we stop where the Awakening Statue used to be at the tip of Hains Point, well I suspect no one would have any complaints about that ;-)


Then on Saturday, the actual anniversary of Marshall's passing, Karin is planning to
 do a
hike on Teddy Roosevelt 
Island in early afternoon around 1 p.m., followed by
late lunch/hanging out and celebrating Marshall style at some restaurant
 in
Courthouse/Clarendon.   Details to be determined this week.  If
you'd like to join, please send her an email:  karinwillnerbrown at yahoo.com or
klwbrown10 at gmail.com.  She would love to see a group of friends come out 
and
do a bit of a hike in Marshall's honor. 


We do miss our Skatewolf!  Hope you can make it one or both of these events.

George