In my first few days in DC I was shocked when I was almost flattened by a flock of Segway's. If you have seen these tour groups then you know what I mean, it is one of the most awkward devises. For safety you wear helmets, shin pads and elbow pads...just some additional paraphernalia to make you look even more like an alien.
For a mere $70 you can take a Segway tour of DC. You'll have to keep up with the tour guide though other wise you'll be lost in Independence Ave. traffic. In the US Segway's cost between 5,000-7,000 smackers! Have Segway's become the 21st centuries version of a horse? I'm not sure if someone could ride a Segway across the US but it should be attempted!
For a mere $70 you can take a Segway tour of DC. You'll have to keep up with the tour guide though other wise you'll be lost in Independence Ave. traffic. In the US Segway's cost between 5,000-7,000 smackers! Have Segway's become the 21st centuries version of a horse? I'm not sure if someone could ride a Segway across the US but it should be attempted!
Horses were important to the Native Americans because it showed wealth and power, we still have the same desires, its the vehicle that has changed.
On October 7, 1881 Alice Fletcher and her companions (a Mr. Tibbles and Suzette La Flesche) were traveling with the Omaha across the Niobrara River in Nebraska. They were traveling by horse. Fletcher writes that they "had to pay $1.25 toll...50 cents horse, 10 cents for passengers". Now this doesn't compare exactly to the rent of a Segway, or even driving through Delaware but it is an example of what transportation was like in 1881. It must have been exhausting to take a horse and buggy from Washington, DC to Nebraska as Alice Fletcher did.
There isn't anything exhausting about riding a Segway. We wonder why Americans have weight problems. We can't even walk from the Capitol to the Lincoln Memorial.
On October 7, 1881 Alice Fletcher and her companions (a Mr. Tibbles and Suzette La Flesche) were traveling with the Omaha across the Niobrara River in Nebraska. They were traveling by horse. Fletcher writes that they "had to pay $1.25 toll...50 cents horse, 10 cents for passengers". Now this doesn't compare exactly to the rent of a Segway, or even driving through Delaware but it is an example of what transportation was like in 1881. It must have been exhausting to take a horse and buggy from Washington, DC to Nebraska as Alice Fletcher did.
There isn't anything exhausting about riding a Segway. We wonder why Americans have weight problems. We can't even walk from the Capitol to the Lincoln Memorial.
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ReplyDeleteIt would be interesting to know what $1.85 (cost of horse rental and tolls) would be in 2009 dollars. Probably pretty close to $70!!
THIS IS FANTASTIC!!! Those Segways are crazy and every time I see then I can't help but think about that movie Mall Cop (I didn't see it, only the previews, honest). I almost got run over by one the other day on my run and was slightly traumatized...but I would like to point out that it is a TREK from the Lincoln Memorial to the Capitol, maybe not of Alice Fletcher proportions, but still not for the faint of heart.
ReplyDeleteP.S. I love your blog.