AngelLovesItalia
Sep 2017
I was a bit nervous at first. There were three couples on this outting, all in the 50 - 60 year old range. Not one of us ever rode a Segway before. Upon arrival at Base Camp, we were greeted by John and Seth. We proceeded to watch a 6 minute video on how to use the Segway. After watching the video, I got more nervous seeing what can happen if you don’t follow directions.
We were fitted with helmuts, then went outside to practice on the Segways. John took the 3 men and Seth took the 3 women. He taught each of us how to get on and off the Segway, how to steer, stop, move forward and backwards. We all then practiced on the streets of Vail Village. They even tested us going around cones and how to stop on a dime. We were then all ready to start our tour.
John led us the whole way on our tour and Seth followed behind. We stopped at certain areas along our tour and John gave us some history at each stop. While John was sharing information about Vail, Seth was quietly taking photos of our group.
After stopping at the Betty Ford Botanical Garden, we proceeded toward Vail Golf Couse. We rode on bike paths and an area of homes that were just beautiful. By now, we were all feeling very confident on our Segways, riding with ease. The tour was 90 minutes long. It was a perfect amount of time. Not too long, not too short. It was not necessary to whip out your phone/camera at every beautiful sight. Seth took so many photos and videos of our group. When our tour was over and we were back at Base Camp, Seth “Air-dropped” every photo and video to our phones.
This Segway tour was one of the highlights of our trip to Vail. Would highly recommend this if anyone wants to try a different venture in Vail!!