Official first rollerblading adventure!

Okay, so the weather has been getting absoultely gorgeous here in the Twin Cities, so I have been wanting to get outside more. I love taking walks, but I wanted to be doing something else. So the decision? Rollerblading!!!

Baseem and I decided to embark on our first rollerblading adventure together--first stop: Purchasing rollerblades. We ran into a little hiccup when the first place we checked didn't HAVE rollerblades (I'm not going to mention where, but their initials are REI). Luckily we had success with the next place and were fitted and ready to go.

We decided to go on a path along the Mississippi (for the record, I had to pause and repeat to myself how to spell that darn word) River. Hmm... how to put this gently?... We were definitely beginners :) It's not a good sign if joggers are passing you! But it was great fun, and we're both determined to get better.

We were so proud of ourselves that we went to have ice cream to celebrate. While eating, we walked through the neighborhood around the ice cream shop and came along a very patriotic house - so like everyone, I had to take the requisite ice cream cone as torch in front of the statue of liberty photo, of course!


All in all, a very successful first rollerblading adventure... especially the ice cream :) Here's our horribly-framed-because-we-had-to-put-it-on-the-car photo at the end of our ride. For the record, it was very impressive that I got in the shot in time!