[SkateDC] Sunday (3/21/10) Intermediate Skate Route

[George Marinkovich]

Sunday (3/21/10) Intermediate Skate leaves the White House at 11 AM, led by George Marinkovich

Route Map: http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=3547217

"Friday Night Skate Route Two Ways:  Mandarin Oriental and West of Tidal Basin"

This route explores parts of a couple alternatives to the current Friday Night Skate Route.  It's a very easy skate of about 11.4 miles (or 9.4 miles if you take the Buckeye Dr shortcut on the Hains Point loop).  No real hills, some stairs, some paths.  An intermediate skate but within the capabilities of most intrepid beginners.

The White House
E on Pennsylvania Ave
R 15th St
L E St
SE on Pennsylvania Ave
R 1st St 
RGP Grant Statue in front of Capitol

S on 1st St
R Maryland Ave
Through American Indian Museum grounds
W on Jefferson Dr
RGP Mary Livingston Ripley Garden
(between Hirschhorn and Arts and Industries)

Through Ripley Garden
R Independence
R into Enid A. Haupt Garden
(Smithsonian Castle grounds)
L Jefferson Dr
L 12th St
RGP Independence Ave

S on 12th St
R Maryland Ave
RGP Mandarin Oriental plaza

Through Mandarin Oriental grounds
Descend stairs
Pedestrian overpass on Maine Ave
descend stairs to Maine Ave
NW on Maine Ave
L on Ohio Dr 

Around Hains Point on Ohio Dr
(or take Buckeye Dr shortcut and save 2 miles)
RGP George Mason Memorial

NE on Ohio Dr
RGP Jefferson Memorial

Sharp L onto pathway
NE on Ohio Dr
R Raoul Wallenberg Pl (15th St)
RGP Washington Monument

Exit NW out of Washington Monument
RGP World War II Memorial

S on pathway to Independence Ave
W on Independence Ave
RGP District of Columbia War Memorial

X Independence Ave
SW on West Basin Dr
R Ohio Dr
RGP Lincoln Memorial

R Henry Bacon Dr
R Constitution Dr
L 17th St
into Ellipse
N on 17th St
R Pennsylvania Ave
The White House

Cheers,
George