Actually tree trunk sidewalk damage, not a rocky road. Long Beach has a no-skating-on-sidewalks law. I did not trust my skill, nor drivers, enough to skate in the street. Did violate the law, daily. Because I skated on the sidewalks, usually en-route to bike path at beach, I often came upon sidewalks such as this.
When I was first learning in-line skating, I would stop, maneuver around them. As my skill level increased, skated ever so slowly over the humps and bumps. After a while it was a personal challenge to increase my speed to see if I would stay standing on my feet ~ on my skates, that is.
Coming upon this sidewalk the other day, thought how much like life it is ~ never smooth, many upheavals, much like a rocky road.
Homeless, I would pass a bumpy sidewalk as I walked along Broadway. It always made me sad to walk up the little hill and down the other side, remembering the hundreds of times I skated around or over that very same spot. I miss that life every day of my present life.
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