NOTE FROM KIM:

In early August, a group of Segway enthusiasts
began a trek from Seattle, WA to Boston, MA.

The Top 9 Surprises During
the Trans-America Segway Trip

9> New crop circles inadvertently made when riders dozed off in the Kansas heartland.

8> Anticipated hordes of Segway groupies never materialized.

7> Segways make surprisingly good lightning rods.

6> Most embarrassing moment: getting ridiculed while passing the Star Trek convention.

5> Driving 10 miles an hour on the highway is a magnet for octogenarian chicks.

4> The journey ended abruptly outside of Spokane as riders realized there’s no such thing as a Segway recharging station.

3> They were repeatedly run off the road by seniors on golf carts.

2> Rocky Mountains + vehicles with no brakes $10,000 on “America’s Funniest Home Videos.”

and the Number 1 Surprise During the Trans-America Segway Trip…

1> They actually passed cars on the L.A. freeway.

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Credits:

Selected from 62 submissions from 22 contributors.
Today’s Top 5 List authors are:

Bill Livingston, Decatur, AL — 1
Nick Ellinger, Washington, DC — 2
Matt Hurlburt, Stow, OH — 3
Barry Wallace, Knoxville, TN — 4
Doug Crews, San Diego, CA — 5, 7
Joe Terranova, Lake Orion, MI — 6
Brandon Hunt, Braintree, MA — 8
Dave Goudsward, Boynton Beach, FL — 9
Kim Moser, New York, NY — List Moderator, Topic