As long as you have a valid driver's license from any country, you may rent a 49cc scooter from us! We just need to know you are an experience driver where ever you are from!! Some states require a motorcycle license for 49cc's but Colorado does not.
If you want to rent a 250cc Scooter, you would need to aquire a international driver's license with a motorcycle endorsement.
Monday, February 19, 2007
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
NEW LOCATION!
New Location! ZootScoot is no longer located behind the Estes Park Brewery. We are now going to be located at 1360 Big Thompson Ave on 34. If you are coming up from Ft. Collins way, we are on the left after the Comfort Inn 1 mile before you hit the downtown intersection of 34/36.
This location will be a huge boost to ZootScoot's business. Easier to find, and easier to see, and smack dab right in the middle of a strip of hotels.
We'll be open May 1st!
This location will be a huge boost to ZootScoot's business. Easier to find, and easier to see, and smack dab right in the middle of a strip of hotels.
We'll be open May 1st!
First Season
ZootScoot's first season was full of suprises and lessons. It started with the joy of just riding around and exploring the area. Designing routes in Estes Park, and Rocky Mountain National Park was a great time.
Cruising Rocky Mountain National Park is a fantastic thing to do on a scooter! The sounds, smells, and vistas you see from the scooter are completely different from a car. Parking is a breeze at trailheads and parking lots. I can pull over on the road in small spaces that a car could never do. Oh, and when there is bumper to bumper traffic because someone is looking a elk, I can scoot right past them all.
What it comes down to is that no matter what road I take, there is something amazing to see, and it's just more fun on a scooter!
One thing not planned for was the sand and the trouble it brings. The sand is just the natural part of the terrain here, but it gets onto the roads after a rain, and it's all over the sides of the roads. I changed my orientaional talk several times to stress the danger of sand if someone stops too fast on it, or drives to fast on it.
The best thing over all about last summer is that many customers told us "this is the best thing for Estes" or "this is the funnest thing I've done all week".
ZootScoot is still here, we are opening for the 07 season in May, and we have a new location!
Cruising Rocky Mountain National Park is a fantastic thing to do on a scooter! The sounds, smells, and vistas you see from the scooter are completely different from a car. Parking is a breeze at trailheads and parking lots. I can pull over on the road in small spaces that a car could never do. Oh, and when there is bumper to bumper traffic because someone is looking a elk, I can scoot right past them all.
What it comes down to is that no matter what road I take, there is something amazing to see, and it's just more fun on a scooter!
One thing not planned for was the sand and the trouble it brings. The sand is just the natural part of the terrain here, but it gets onto the roads after a rain, and it's all over the sides of the roads. I changed my orientaional talk several times to stress the danger of sand if someone stops too fast on it, or drives to fast on it.
The best thing over all about last summer is that many customers told us "this is the best thing for Estes" or "this is the funnest thing I've done all week".
ZootScoot is still here, we are opening for the 07 season in May, and we have a new location!
In the beginning
Back in August of 05, I was in Estes Park, Co with some friends for camping in Rocky Mountain National Park.
One afternoon we went into town to get supplies, and it was so busy. Bumper to bumper, cars running, circling for parking spaces. It doesn't take much to make Estes feel crowded, and I thought to myself that it would be great to have my scooter here.
I'd been living in Austin, Texas for 15 years at that point, and a Honda Metropolitan was my main source of transportation. $9 a month in gasoline was a lot better than the $150 I was paying out to drive a truck around town.
I mentioned to my friends the idea that I just had, to open a scooter rental in this town.
That same week in Estes, my friends and I went to the Estes Park Brewery, and as we pulled into the driveway I said outloud, "This is where the scooter rental should be." As we drove to the rear of the parking lot, I saw an empty building. "That's my scooter booth." We parked, and my friends went into the brewery, and I walked up to the empty building to check it out.
Inside the brewery I spoke with the owner, told him of my idea, and he gave me a contact number to the man who owns the property that the brewery and the empty building sits on.
We left Estes Park, and I had an idea in my head.
One afternoon we went into town to get supplies, and it was so busy. Bumper to bumper, cars running, circling for parking spaces. It doesn't take much to make Estes feel crowded, and I thought to myself that it would be great to have my scooter here.
I'd been living in Austin, Texas for 15 years at that point, and a Honda Metropolitan was my main source of transportation. $9 a month in gasoline was a lot better than the $150 I was paying out to drive a truck around town.
I mentioned to my friends the idea that I just had, to open a scooter rental in this town.
That same week in Estes, my friends and I went to the Estes Park Brewery, and as we pulled into the driveway I said outloud, "This is where the scooter rental should be." As we drove to the rear of the parking lot, I saw an empty building. "That's my scooter booth." We parked, and my friends went into the brewery, and I walked up to the empty building to check it out.
Inside the brewery I spoke with the owner, told him of my idea, and he gave me a contact number to the man who owns the property that the brewery and the empty building sits on.
We left Estes Park, and I had an idea in my head.
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