Back To Skating

I off my plane and pretty much headed straight to Denver Park.

We headed to this rail.

Ernie and John were chilling for a bit.

And then Ernie nailed this sweet caveman.

Abdias and David checked it out.

David with a role reversal.

More rails!

Big set!

These two weren't feeling the 13.

But Ernie was!

"So...where do we go now?"

 Another rail.

 And then one more.

David nailed a quick bondo job.

I rewarded myself with some ice cream.

 Joey and a sun-burned Mason met up to indulge with me.

Murphys in D.C. - Day 4

Last day.   I woke up feeling a lot better and the biography of Black Sabbath was on, which was cool to watch.

Go New York!

We went to the Capitol again, this time for a tour.

Tour headphones.

The dome.

After the tour, we drove past that 21 stair Bobby Worrest tried to ollie here.

 The Holocaust Museum.  Amazing.

These things are everywhere.  Why!?!?

We were walking toward the White House, when I noticed this sick bench that goes into a three stair.  Right after I took this photo,  I looked to my left and saw...

 Bobby Worrest and Keving Terpening.  Both of these dudes were super nice as I introduced myself and fanned out.  It was rad to meet them.

Back of the White House.

As we walked around to the front of the White House, I saw this thing Mark Gonzales skates in Real To Reel.  Gnarly (At 1:33)!

 So narrow!

Front of the White House.

 Walking to dinner, we ran into Pulaski Park/Freedom Park.  It looked so amazing to skate.

 And this spot.  Watch Bobby Worrest kill Pulaski and these ledges in this video (8:30).

 Dinner.

 Real good three course dinner.

And then we watching Going The Distance, which was pretty funny.

Trip's over!

Murphys in D.C. - Day 3

I woke up vomiting everywhere.  I slept for another few hours and tried to make it to the Holocaust museum with my family.  As we were walking there we passed this spot, which I've seen in a couple D.C. videos.  Pretty rad.

 We walked a couple more blocks, then I started to feel sick again.  I caught a cab back to the hotel, proceeded to throw up some more, and then slept while my family had fun adventure time.  Eventually, they came back to claim me, and we went to this restaurant.

Worst day of the whole trip.  For sure.

Murphys In D.C. - Day 2

Victims of Communism statue. 

What about a McCarthyism memorial, or a capitalism memorial?  Not in America!

Breakfast.

The Metro, definitely the best thing about D.C.

So sick riding trains everywhere.

We went to the Pentagon.  Rules are made to be broken.

The Pentagon Memorial is pretty sad.

A guy died at the Pentagon on September 11th with the exact same name as my dad (Patrick J Murphy). Weird.

The memorial.

 After that it was on to Arlington Cemetery.  I have mixed feelings about this place because I am not extremely pro-military, but I do respect those who have enrolled in the armed services for our country and have passed on.  Either way, I went there, for what that's worth.

Buy tickets to see graves.  Not weird at all.

Perfect rail and ledge I would skate in a post-apocalyptic world where there weren't a million people to stop me.

Dead Kennedys.

Wow.

Kennedy's graves.

Changing of the guard.

The view from the top of Arlington.

After going to Arlington, we went to this restaurant.

 Veggie burger.

 Cherry pie.

Rent is super cheap in D.C.  $1,600 studios!?

 Then we ran into this super cute corgie.