Where do I sign up for the local Bombers roller derby team?

As threatened, and with only a short rain delay  (because it's been raining  in Biblical amounts here the last two weeks)-- roller blading in the local park. Just me, Ena, and 35% of the homeless population of downtown Phoenix.

First, because I don't think you've seen her here:  ENA!!! [Here's where I see if the new blog format works - BOOM there's the photo!  And Yes!  There it is -- the photo thing actually works and it's nice to be able to insert a photo mid-post.  It's the little things.]

Hello Ena.  Raquel Welch, watch out!  Oh yeah, she's like 70 now.  Well, either way, Ena, lookin' good!

We actually did the loop at the local park (Margaret T. Hance) like 5 times, but I kept making Ena stop for photos/play time on the play areas.  So we didn't burn as many calories as we could have, had we been serious bad asses at this blading thing, but really, I think we would have looked like idiots if we'd taken ourselves too seriously.

The only dangerous parts of the circle around the park were a few puddles and the homeless guys on bikes.  Some of these guys had mopeds -- I was jealous.  Of course, I've got a house, etc., so I shouldn't really be jealous (except that they don't have to work, so that's kind of a plus for being homeless, not to mention a lot less sh!t to worry about), but a couple of guys had a righteous electric ride goin' on -- a big improvement over the Safeway shopping cart with a bad wheel.  You know the cart I mean.  Anyway, you gotta keep your wits about you for these really athletic sporty activities.  Fortunately, we survived and might even do it again.  Shouldn't really be that hard.  And now that I've done it, I think I could pop on the skates and turn on the ipod for a few turns around the park even without Ena's moral support, not to mention her ride to the park.  But we'll see if that actually happens.  (Odds not good.  I mean, I'm not even walking around the hood by myself these days.)

So here we are attempting to prove that yes, we actually did get out and roller blade.  And, maybe we could do it again some time.  It really was easy and FUN, which was kind of the point, really. 

And, just because I took a lot of photos, I'ma stick in a few more photos to prove that we exercised AND had fun.  So it is possible.  "-)



Park statue guy.  You really don't get the full effect with just the top guy, but we needed a third.

And, here you go.  You don't wanna know what else we did with the innocent little statue.