Raceworld... Fun for all ages!

So... I have to admit, even though I work for tourism I had never been to Raceworld to drive the go-carts. We are putting together a show about Bowling Green to air in the local hotels and didn't have any footage of Raceworld... so we decided to film yesterday (Saturday). Since the weather was pretty chilly we figured we would need to bring "actors" to drive the carts. Marissa, her husband Shane and I were the "actors."

We thought that driving the go-carts would be a piece of cake. Spivey's daughter had warned us that it was like driving on ice at 40 mph. Luckily Spivey had them go easy on us and not get the track as slick as usual, but I had no idea what a challenge it still was going to be. A few of the Raceworld employees got out on the track with us. They were pretty fun to race with and definitely had more experience than us! We started off with the easy carts on the oval track to get used to driving, then we moved up to the carts that look like mini Nascars.

I only hit the wall once, but had a pretty close call, almost taking out Dorian (the camera guy). For paying customers you buy 5 minutes of race time for $6. Believe me, you will need a break after 5 minutes. My hands hurt from gripping the wheel so hard, and our butts hurt from sliding around in the seat. Shane was telling me that price is really inexpensive compared to what he's payed in other cities.

We then got on the stockart road course to drive. It was fun, but your butt definitely slides around in the seat alot more. I would think kids prefer the road course, whereas adults would like the oval track.

We played some of the arcade games inside. You get redemption tickets like at Chuck E. Cheese, but they have some prizes geared towards adults. We gave all of our tickets away to a little girl who thought she'd just won the lottery.

So, if you are looking for something fun to do after dinner one night, or just bored one day - try Raceworld. It is a lot of fun and really brings the kid out of everyone.

Riverview's Easter Egg Hunt

I took my 2-year old daughter to Riverview's Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, March 22. Despite the really cold and windy weather there was a decent turnout. It had been previously scheduled for Saturday, March 15, but due to rain they decided to move it. Museum staff and volunteers greeted us with a nice metallic pin wheel, and there were hundreds of brightly colored eggs all around the historic Victorian home. There were probably 50 kids there, which was nice so the little ones would have a better shot at getting a few eggs. My daughter got three eggs on her own. She was going in for number four when an older boy ran in and grabbed it. Luckily he saw how distraught she was and gave her the egg. Museum Executive Director, Sam Terry, helped her find egg number five and a nice parent gave her number six. As with any egg hunt there were kids way too old to be hunting eggs. They had nice prizes for those who found special eggs. Afterwards the kids were treated to cupcakes and punch. As with everything Riverview does, this event was really nice and fun, even with the yucky weather. We will be back next year!
-Katie