My first Segway crash.

[Rolacoy]

It was not fun, it happened very quickly, but I was not hurt. Well my pride or dignity, may a little confidence? Fortunately, no videos. We were in a Texas state park on Sunday evening, we had been over a lot of the roadways. We went back to the motor home and my wife stayed, because her feet were hurting. I decided to try a walking/bike trail. I rode down the road to the trail end, but there were several exposed tree roots on the hill where the trail started. I started back to the MH and some kid came down the trail on a bike. I asked him if all of the trail had exposed roots, he said yes, but it was fun.

There was no way I could get up the hill so I started back to the MH. Then I saw another place to get on the trail. I went about a quarter of a mile and came to a gully, I made it down and back up the other side. About another 100 yards was another gully this one was not so steep but had a lot of tree roots. The only way to know is to give it a try. I hit one root with one wheel, the Segway jerked and I got one foot off the Segway and on the ground. I held it and got back on. There was a root running the same way as the path, I thought I can straddle this root, but then there were several more roots, I hit high center, it was a bumpy ride.

I realized this is not going to work. I stopped, got off, evaluated the return trip over the roots or around them. I decided if I zig here and zag there I can make it. WRONG, the next thing I know the front left side of my head is on the ground. It happens pretty fast, doesn't it. I was glad no one saw me. I had to drag the Segway about 50' up the hill past the roots. I got back on and made it back to the MH. It didn't hurt me or the Segway, it could have, but it didn't. I learned the some of the limits of me and the Segway.