In addition to providing recreational enjoyment, riding in go-karts and playing miniature golf are excellent ways to prepare children for a future filled with high-speed car chases and malevolent windmills. Stay vigilant with today’s Groupon: for $29, you get six laps on a go-kart (up to a $3.50/lap value) and one round of mini golf for two (up to an $8/person value) at Karters Korner in Stittsville (up to a $58 total value).

Boasting a track just under a mile long, Karters Korner launches drivers on a thrilling roadway and brandishes putters with an 18-hole mini-golf course. Two racers can jet up to 25 miles per hour while zipping through six winding laps inside their own safe, seat-belt-clad go-kart. Forty single carts house drivers 54 inches tall and up, and eight double-seaters escort adults and either a child shorter than 54 inches or a lazy flying squirrel. The mini-put range bedecks green pastures with obstacles, win-a-free-game pinball, and 18 holes of tiny tribulations. Depending on the weather, Karters Korner is open until dusk seven days a week through August.