After a 7 and a half hour car ride from Clifton Park, NY, Vicki Kohan and I joined the boys to begin our RollingForAutism adventure. Hungry from the road, we were lucky enough to have a great dinner prepared for us by John and Arlene the aunt and uncle of the boys’ good friend, Janelle from Union College. Janelle and her neice, Leah, came all the way from upstate NY to join us. Dinner was spectacular, and so was the company. Thank you for all your support!
Unfortunately that evening, we only had one hotel room; Carson and Streich were kind enough to let us girls take one of the two beds while they slept in blankets on the floor (thanks guys!). We let ourselves sleep in until about 10 AM to begin our a 30 mile skate in Northern Virginia. Vicki is a beginner skater, and hopefully with practice, she'll join us on the road. In the meantime, she has put in a great deal of time doing behind the scenes work for RFA. The first day of skating was very humid at about a scorching 96 degrees, which made the afternoon tough. After only 5 miles I was too tired to continue...I don’t know how the boys did it in the South.
Later that day we met with members of the Washington Area Rollerskating (WAR) group. Due to rain, we were unable to go for a skate, but we did chat over pizza and beer at the Froggy Bottom Pub. Later that night, a Union Hockey teammate of the boys, “Pudge”, was nice enough to invite us to stay for the night at his parents house. Thank you, John and Rebecca, for a tasty home cooked meal and opening your house for the RFA team.
The next morning the weather was beautiful, so we embarked on a delightful rollerblading tour of our nations capital with the WAR skaters. It was a good thing we started around 9 AM because by 11 it was fairly hot and humid. WAR skaters participating were leader and great help, Bill English, also, Myeonghee, Tom and their daughter; George, Dan, and Greg. With Vicki, Janelle, and Leah on bikes we all were about the same pace. Only one fall for the day...Vicki had a graceful dismount off her bike going around a turn. Starting at the White House, we saw many monuments throughout the morning, including the Washington Monument, the Lincoln Memorial, the Jefferson Memorial, the Albert Einstein statue, the Kennedy Center, and several more. Overall, it was about a 12 mile tour around the city. Bill was brave enough to show us a few of his tricks on rollerblades…don’t worry, it will get to YouTube soon!
Life is a highway, I wanna skate it all night long,
Elaine L.
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