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. Show kids the forthcoming fun with today’s Groupon: for $14, you get a family-fun package at Gateway Park Fun Center in Boulder (up to a $31.50 value). The package includes:

• Two rounds of mini golf (up to a $6 value each)
• Two go-kart rides (up to a $7.25 value each)
• 20 arcade tokens (a $5 value)<p>

This Groupon may be redeemed in the course of two visits.

Situated in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, the sprawling grounds of Gateway Park Fun Center roll out captivating activities for racers, putters, and gamers. Visitors caper about 18 holes of miniature golf winding through a pastoral outdoor garden, the arched bows of the trees blocking the mischievous sun from blinding eyes and deftly snatching overenthusiastic shots from the air. Players wait their turn on stone benches, admiring the plentiful shrubbery and the soft ripples of the course-lining babbling creeks. Hopping into double- or single-seat go-karts, drivers zip around a 2,100-foot track without having to stop at intersections for families of crossing orange cones, and a separate kiddie track caters to young motorists.

Twenty arcade tokens jangle merrily in pockets with the anticipation of games of skee-ball, Tower of Power, and Wheel of Fortune. Strips of tickets skillfully wrestled from the machines can be turned in for a variety of fun prizes to reward a day of expertly executed fun.