[SkateDC] Sunday Intermediate Skate Route for August 1, 2010

[Bill English]

There is a chance of rain, so I will check the radar before we depart and, if 
necessary, use a route that allows Metro Train bail-out. If no rain we will 
adjust the skate route to the level of skaters who show up. I want to make it an 
extra fun route because Anne from Philadelphia may be skating with us.

If things work out, I will use a long route to Silver Spring so we can view the 
Shark Week decorations on the Discovery Channel Headquarters building. The 
return trip would then be downhill through Rock Creek Park on Beach Drive, which 
has no cars on Sunday. There is now a better way to climb out of Rock Creek Park 
because a new bike trail has been built next to Blagden Road. If we do this 
route we probably will be a little late getting back and will not get to visit 
with the 11am advanced skaters at the White House.

There are two other new things to see in Silver Spring. Veteran's Plaza has 
opened, and it features an ice rink which is also a servicable concrete roller 
rink in the summer. In addition, a "skate spot" has opened a few blocks from 
there in a vain attempt to keep the skateboard kids out of Veteran's Plaza. It 
is a good-looking skate spot, but too small to keep skaters amused for an 
extended time period.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/spohnranch/4769524436/

http://www.crookedbrains.net/2007/06/discovery-building-shark-week-discovery.html


http://www.silverspringdowntown.com/go/http-and-and-wwwsilverspringdowntowncom-and-silver-spring-ci


http://greatergreaterwashington.org/post.cgi?id=6515

Bill