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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://evpl.org/community/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Research Blog : fun, Segway</title><link>http://evpl.org/community/blogs/research/archive/tags/fun/Segway/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: fun, Segway</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2008 SP1 (Build: 30619.63)</generator><item><title>Something You May Have Never Done On Vacation</title><link>http://evpl.org/community/blogs/research/archive/2009/04/09/something-you-may-have-never-done-on-vacation.aspx</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 18:43:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">9a7b961d-7882-4302-b701-732ca0e566f2:1404</guid><dc:creator>wag.mado@evpl</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://evpl.org/community/blogs/research/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=1404</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://evpl.org/community/blogs/research/archive/2009/04/09/something-you-may-have-never-done-on-vacation.aspx#comments</comments><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img width="246" src="http://www.segwaypb.com/images/rentals_pic1.jpg" height="200" style="float:left;" alt="" /&gt;Are you one of those people who are going to stay close to home this year for vacation? Would you still like to do something you&amp;#39;ve never done before? Well, St. Louis, Missouri may have something for you. If you visit St. Louis any time this summer you can take a tour of the downtown area or a tour of Forest Park area on a &lt;a href="http://www.segway.com/individual/learn-how-works.php" title="Segway How It Works"&gt;Segway PT&lt;/a&gt; (personal transporter). The&amp;nbsp;guided tours are offered by &lt;a href="http://www.glidestlouistours.com/" title="Glide St Louis Tours"&gt;Glide St Louis Tours&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;or &lt;a href="http://www.slsc.org/content.aspx?id=401" title="Science Center Segways"&gt;Science Center Segways&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and range from $65.00 to $100.00 depending on the type of tour you are interested in. Take a look at the &lt;a href="http://www.glidestlouistours.com/faqs.php" title="FAQ&amp;#39;s"&gt;FAQ&amp;#39;s&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;for more information.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;There are many &lt;a href="http://citysegwaytours.com/" title="City Segway Tours"&gt;other cities&lt;/a&gt; that offer Segway tours. So before you leave on your next trip, check to see if there&amp;#39;s a tour offered&amp;nbsp;at your &lt;a href="http://www.segwayguidedtours.com/" title="segway city tours"&gt;destination&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;And, if you decide to visit St. Louis, don&amp;#39;t forget to check out some library materials before you go. We have &lt;a href="http://encore.evpl.org/iii/encore/search/C%7CSSaint+Louis+%28Mo.%29+--+Guidebooks%7COrightresult?lang=eng&amp;amp;suite=def" title="St. Louis guidebooks"&gt;guidebooks&lt;/a&gt;, books about the &lt;a href="http://encore.evpl.org/iii/encore/search/C%7CSSt.+Louis+Cardinals+%28Baseball+team%29%7CFf%3Afacetmediatype%3Aa%3Aa%3ABOOK%3Aevans.evpl.org%24screens%24media_book.png%3A%7COrightresult?lang=eng&amp;amp;suite=def" title="St. Louis Cardinals"&gt;St. Louis Cardinals&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- including&amp;nbsp;some &lt;a href="http://encore.evpl.org/iii/encore/search/C%7CSSt.+Louis+Cardinals+%28Baseball+team%29%7CFf%3Afacetmediatype%3A2%3A2%3ADVD%3Aevans.evpl.org%24screens%24media_dvd.png%3A%7COrightresult?lang=eng&amp;amp;suite=def" title="St. Louis Cardinals DVD&amp;#39;s"&gt;DVD&amp;#39;s&lt;/a&gt;,&amp;nbsp;and &lt;a href="http://encore.evpl.org/iii/encore/search/C%7CSSaint+Louis+%28Mo.%29%7COrightresult%7CU1?lang=eng&amp;amp;suite=def" title="St. Louis MO materials"&gt;much more&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you would like&amp;nbsp;to read more about the Segway and it&amp;#39;s origin, check out the book &lt;a href="http://evans.evpl.org/record=b1567582*eng" title="Code Name Ginger by Steve Kemper"&gt;Code Name Ginger&lt;/a&gt; by Steve Kemper.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://evpl.org/community/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1404" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://evpl.org/community/blogs/research/archive/tags/vacation/default.aspx">vacation</category><category domain="http://evpl.org/community/blogs/research/archive/tags/Segway/default.aspx">Segway</category><category domain="http://evpl.org/community/blogs/research/archive/tags/St.+Louis/default.aspx">St. Louis</category><category domain="http://evpl.org/community/blogs/research/archive/tags/fun/default.aspx">fun</category></item></channel></rss>