I think the time that families are spending together is probably more important than a gift. This year, Sullivan will once again treat her father to a drive at the Dover Downs International Speedway in Delaware. She usually gets him a package where he rides with a professional driver for five laps and then drives on his own for 10, paced by professionals driving in front and in back of his car. Earlier this month, Monster Racing Excitement, the company that runs the driving lessons at Dover Downs, had already sold around 25 gift certificates for Father's Day, says office manager Beverly Hoover. She added that the first two months of the company's May to October driving season are already booked up.
Some gifts take dads to even more unusual destinations.
Some fathers lucky enough to have lots of time and financially successful children are receiving adventure travel. Less expensive, but no less adventurous, rock climbing lessons are also becoming popular gifts for fathers. EMS Climbing School, which runs climbing lessons in the Northeast, Southwest and Colorado, has seen the number of lessons given for Father's Day increase in the last five years. Fathers Who Fly For fathers who want to soar to new heights, perhaps a flying lesson could be just the thing. A Pilot is targeting fathers this year by clearing up misconceptions that learning to fly is prohibitively expensive.