Waking Up to Tag in North Carolina

tiviachick
Sep 9
2 min read

Waking up to play some laser tag first thing in the morning is an excellent way to start the day! After flying into the Charlotte airport late on Wednesday night, I rented a car and started driving North, getting as far as Lenoir, NC before stopping to find a hotel for the night. When I woke up the next day I didn’t have to go any further than right down the road in order to find Bo’s Family Entertainment.

As it was early, I detoured first to a local diner and then sat in my car waiting for the doors to open right at 11:00.

Now, when I walk into a laser tag site moments after they open in the middle of a weekday I do not expect to find anyone else playing laser tag that early, so I was very appreciative that when I asked if there was staff to play a 1v1 that Kyley stepped up for a game against me.

This arena uses Lasertron gear, so as you can expect a team game with only two people stayed fairly even, with us mostly running for bases and each of us trying to get through our shots as quickly as possible between reloads.

So it wasn’t the game in and of itself that was memorable, however the arena certainly was!

Bo’s has a really cool multi-level arena with an old-school kind of build. This is the kind of arena I love to play because it is unique and different…you just don’t see too many built this way!

There were multiple ramps and access points to get height, although the walls were also high enough that there were sections where I could not quite see over the barriers, which was no doubt a feature by design.

Lots of cutouts in the walls as well.

The brick design, cityscape and urban jungle theming were very comic-like and I wondered if a local artist may have had a hand with it.

By the end of that game I was really feeling energized. This visit to Bo’s was such a great way to start the day!

Then I continued on my way, driving through the Blue Ridge Mountains and soaking up some gorgeous scenery on the way to tagging through the rest of my day. :)