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Oh Yeah, Grandma's Doing Donuts

There are about a billion different adventure activities you can sign up for in New Zealand.  Unfortunately, many of them involve great heights which are not my thing.  Why jump off a perfectly stable bridge, building, mountain, etc.?  However, today we found earth-based adventures: drift carts and wind powered sail carts.  We arrived at Velocity Karts in the Bexley Preserve just as they were opening for the day.  There wasn't much wind, so they suggested we try the drift carts first. The three wheeled carts don't have any traction on the back tires, so you drift around the turns.  My specialty (whether intentional or not) was 360s (oh yeah, Grandma's doing donuts).  You kneel in the cart and can use your hips to throw your weight around and get the cart to drift more.  Who knew a bit of extra junk in the trunk could be advantageous?   We raced around the track for about 20 minutes.  We were the only people there, so he gave us more tha...