Segway

On our recent vacation to Florida we were lucky enough to go on a Segway tour!  It was so much fun.  Segway is the “revolutionary” vehicle that a lot of mall cops use…but turns out to be serious fun.  Corey, myself, mom and Donna Mooney spent an hour and a half on our last day in New Smyrna Beach on a tour.  After about 10 minutes of instruction (each) we set off on a super fun tour.  All you do is lean forward and backward to make the Segway go.  And the handle is strictly for steering.  At first all the machines were set in Turtle mode allowing us to travel only 6 mph.  That sounds lame, but when you get going it seems quick.  We took a couple side roads towards the beach and went up on a walkway to look for turtles.  It was quite chilly, so we didn’t see any turtles, but it turned out that didn’t matter one bit!  We were too occupied and excited about getting back on the machines!

We visited two little park areas that mom and I hadn’t ever seen.  Then our tour guide, Rob, pulled us over and changed our settings so we could go faster.  By law, the Segway is a mobility scooter and can only go 12 mph.  So after the change we zippity-doo’d down the beach at a breezy and quite quick 12 mph!!  Holy cow!!!  Was it ever fun!  We did some turns, raced down the beach and had just a grand time.  The weather wasn’t fantastic, but the sun was out intermittently and it was just a grand time.

After our beach adventure we headed up to some back roads behind the “main drag” and saw homes and places we’d never ventured to.  It was neat.  Then Rob finished up our tour by having us go down the main drag of Flagler Avenue, smiling, waving at people and having a grand time.  Man, it was like a parade. 

 

We all agreed that this was one of the most fun things we’ve ever done in New Smyrna and that we will definitely be doing it again.  What a blast!!!!