I went on vacation last week with my wife, kids, in-laws and sister-in-law to North Carolina. I'm not big on these types of vacations (particularly ones involving long drives) as they tend to be more effort than payoff, but one of the highlights was that my wife and I (sans our kids) got to go off-roading on modified Segways (essentially a bit more power and bigger tires). Now, ever since it was known as "It" and was really ramping up the hype machine several years ago, I've been intrigued by the concepts. I'm also a fan of inventor Dean Kamen. Despite it not living up to the massive hype and not being quite as groundbreaking as implied, it still ended up being something very, very cool. Needless to say, I've been wanting to try a Segway for some time and I finally got my chance with this tour. One option was to use regular style Segways and go on a city tour, the other option was to go offroading and explore forested areas. We chose the latter.