My First Houston Gathering - February 22, 2004

      Thanks to MagiMike, who sent out the email to get up all together on this Fair February 22, 2004 afternoon. Weather was not the best in the end as it started to rain, but none of us left going home wet. The weather forecast for this day was not listed as the perfect day for an outdoor event, but like always, the weather forecast made the day out to be worst then it really was. It was only 73.4 °F / 23.0 °C, and partly cloudy out, personally, I think it was just right!

       We all had a great time and it was fun meeting with more Segway owners here in Houston. I was hoping for more owners, but still the group was just fine. The meeting point was Eleanor Tinsely Park along the banks of Buffalo
Bayou. We introduced ourselves to one another and had the opportunity to try out a right handed Segway and that alone was a surprise. You know just because the control was on the right side instead of the left side, and you think it wouldn't be any problem in driving, well guess what, no one who tried it found it easy, we all made the same error, we turned it the opposite way then we intended to go. Nothing wrong with the controls, just the operators.

      Anyway, after waiting 10-15 minutes, we headed on to the trails from the Eleanor Tinsely parking lot, over the bayou to the Memorial side of the bayou, and west towards Shepard. There is a foot bridge over Memorial that every one but Dave went up, Dave took a group photo of us at the top. Then it as up to the Shepard bridge and back to the other side of the bayou and back. We passed the doggie area of the park where their where many dog owners and the dogs running all over the place, of which none came to bother us. Played around the water fountain and on the side of the hill and headed to the parking lot.  The run placed us at about a 6 mile jog and 2 hours later of which we all had fun and got to know each other a little better.  After half of us departed for the day and Dave, Mike, Patrick and myself made a quick run to the MetroRail downtown and by then the winds were picking up and the temperature was dropping, with a very light mist coming down. So with Batteries being on the lower part of the scale, we headed back to Eleanor Tinsely Park, and added almost 2 more miles to our run. We then said goodbys and loaded up before it began to really began rain. 

Now for the pictures: Move your mouse over the images for more info.

Allen Parkway & Buffalo Bayou - The group on the run as we just are starting out from the parking lot.Partick, Victoria, John and Lynn with Dave in the back ground.Mike in the lead. Memorial side of the Buffalo Bayou.Memorial side of the Buffalo BayouMemorial side of the Buffalo BayouMemorial side of the Buffalo Bayou - I think here we are looking at the group of dogs and their owns on the other side of the bayou.Memorial side of the Buffalo Bayou.Memorial side of the Buffalo Bayou and me down by the bayou looking at some junk on the side.The group heading west.West side view of a new high rise condo.Patrick heading to the top of the people bridge, a Segway frendly bridge.Victoria, John, Lynn, and myself on the crosswalk.Here we all are looking down at Dave who was down taking a group photo on the bridge.See, there is Dave giving us the thumb's up sign that he has a good shot.Dave on the trails below with a great shot of downtown behind him. John, coming down on his butt.The gruop shot ! Less myself.I tried going up the steps, made it one level and that was as far as I was going to make it. But coming down was easy.John and myself (me on the left).John giving it a shop going up the steps, but he finds it too wet and slick like I did.But coming down was not a problem for him either.Dave and myself, I was trying to stop the air speed sensor so that the water fountain would turn back on, but that didn't work.Patrick & Victoria.Vitoria !Patrick and a great view of downtown.Dave and John making it back up the hill with Mike way in the back ground.Now is this not a great shot or what ?It's another group shot. This was at about 3 PM and the end of the day for half the group.Now we stuck around for a little more gliding around and here we are downlown on Main Street. Myself, Mike, Patrick, and Dave.   Video - The Houston group passing by - 1.2mg

Photos by Patrick S. & Allan M. Also see BigHummer.Com for more photos by Patrick

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