I was really looking forward to yesterday. Partly because we were going to be in Washington D.C 
. but mainly because I’d always wanted to ride a Segway .
The day started badly. It was chucking it down with rain as we drove into D.C. and there was an hour long traffic jam. If we actually made it there on time, which seemed unlikely, then we were sure the tour was going to be cancelled due to the rain. However, we were only a couple of minutes late and they don’t cancel due to rain so we quickly grabbed a couple of ponchos and jumped on our Segways.
We’ve tried quite a few new modes of transport this holiday; quad bikes, boats, even a jetpack! But I can honestly say that none of them feel as natural as a Segway. There were about 10 people in our group and they were all trained up in about 2 minutes.
They really are fantastic machines because you just lean in the direction you want to go and if you want to slow down you just lean back. You can’t go too fast and you can’t fall off it because it won’t let you.
I should probably talk about the sights we saw on the way, although they felt secondary to whizzing about on the Segway. We saw the White House , Lincoln Memorial , Washington Monument and the Korean War Veterans Memorial . All of them were very impressive actually. The Washington Monument is currently closed because of the earthquake last month (they’re still checking it to make sure it’s safe) and the reflecting pool (You know the big one Forrest Gump ran down?) is currently being restored so has no water in it, but the Lincoln memorial was very impressive (see photos) and the Korean War Veterans Memorial seemed very fitting and very original.
As fun as it was seeing those and The White House though, the star of the show yesterday was the Segways.
I can’t wait to have another go on one.