Today is a good day to drive! We drove across Amarillo, TX to visit with Will's Navy buddy, Ron. We found him in the same park we had met him in about ten years ago. These two men met fifty years ago aboard The USS Platte. ( Platte made almost yearly deployments to the western Pacific Ocean from 1960 to 1968, including extensive operations in Vietnamese waters and refueling the USS Enterprise (CVN-65) task group off Korea during the Pueblo incident . Platte served with the Pacific Fleet into 1970. She was sold for scrapping on 14 May 1971.) Ron suggested La Fiesta Grande for an early dinner, a great Mexican place. It was fun listening to the stories all starting with, "Do you remember...." We dropped Ron back off at home and met Don, a neighbor. See you again somewhere sometime, Ron. Okay, so check out these drinks that were delivered to the next table!
Across the causeway
and on to South Padre Island was where the adventure began.
We donned our helmets and Rachel and Brian helped to get them fitted just right.
We are ready to step up on our Segways.
Rachel gives the basics of how the segway works
and what happens if something goes wrong.
Then we are off to practice.
Lean forward on your toes and you go forward.
Lean back on your heels and you stop. The control is all in your feet for going and stopping.
To turn you move your handles right or left like a joystick.
Here is Sylvia stepping on for the first time.
And in a short few minutes she is comfortable and riding around on her own.
And so we all zip around getting comfortable with the feel and movement of our new wheels.
Will went to test out the deep soft sand...opps! But Rachel got the segway up and going again.
Time to head to the beach!! Oh my!
There was a lot of seaweed on the beach and children and dogs to work our way through.
But we managed and then we did a roll up the beach.
Break time; we got off and wiggled our toes.
While our Segways rested.
Well, most of us got off; Will just kept on going!
We are ready for the return trip.
As the sun was setting we pulled back up to the parking area.
Rachel and Brian helped us off while we all bubbled with the excitement of the fun ride we had had.
If you get a chance to ride a segway, do it!! 
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