#65 Roller-Skating... Sort Of!

Last Day of Being 57!
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Here is a fine photo of me, enjoying the last day of my year long celebration! I've got my childhood skate key around my neck and my Grinnell College sweatshirt on!

​In 1957 when I first moved to Grinnell, I was too young to skate.   It was probably around 1962 that I started skinning my knees on those Grinnell sidewalks, all buckled from Elm tree roots!

Please don't look too carefully or you'll see I'm only wearing one skate... the one I recently bought for $1.75 at an antique store.  I am a thrifty shopper! The skate had no strap, so I created my own. The key tightened the clamps nicely onto my moccasin, which I wore since I have no saddle shoes. As for skating? I wish I could say it all came back like riding a bike, but with only one skate it was more like a scooter. Buckled sidewalks? Nope, just a lot of oak blossoms from the live oaks... ready to cushion my fall!