Good Afternoon!
Well, at least I didn't fall! WHEW!!!!!!!!!!
Once I found a little stretch of pavement with a set of benches, I went ahead and donned my gear: LandRollers, knee-pads, elbow pads, wrist guards(!), and helmet(!!!). And then I proceeded to figure out how the heck to brake properly, if at all, for the next hour or so.
I haven't put on these thing since I got them this past Christmas, and, even then, the only place I used them was in the hallway of the apartment building I was staying in down in DC. Well, there's a big difference between a carpeted hallway and asphalt. A
fast difference. Wheeeeeee!!!!
But, again, I didn't fall.
I just went a few feet at a time. Then eventually turned myself around, and traveled back to where I came from. Sometimes I initiated the traveling, sometimes I did not initiate the traveling. Eventually, I did get to the point where I left the immediate area of the benches, and started "rolling" from Point A to Point B. Point A being this lamppost, Point B being that lamppost.
But, again, I didn't fall.
There were a few moments here and there where I did feel comfortable. I remember roller-skating as a child, and I remember picking it up very fast. I have a feeling the learning and comfortability curve for these things is going to a bit steeper.
But, again, I did not fall.
WHEW!!!!!!
