06/02: Kite Festival
Category: General
Posted by: The Agnew Family
John, Carol, Caitlin, Ed, Zaph and I climbed into John's truck and drove to South Padre Island this morning to attend the annual kite festival.
The back seat was full. Poor Caity, she had to sit on her mom's lap.
First order of business is "play time on the beach". Caitlin loves to soar through the air.
Time to check out the water. We managed to keep them fairly dry and prevented rolling on dead fish.
This group was flying six four string kites.
One of the prettiest maneuvers was the star burst. The kites were flown in a tight circle than pulled quickly away from each other.
My favorite of the big kites was this star.
When the wind co-operated the sky was filled with color. There was about a half hour where the wind was below 5 mph making it almost impossible to fly the kites.
This cart is powered by a kite similar to those used by kite borders. Looked like a lot of fun but I think you need strong arms.
The finally had twelve people with their kites flying together. Considering this was the first time they flew together they did a great job. The people are all bunched at the lower right side of the photo.
Caitlin took over one of the chairs so she had a better view of the show.
The back seat was full. Poor Caity, she had to sit on her mom's lap.
First order of business is "play time on the beach". Caitlin loves to soar through the air.
Time to check out the water. We managed to keep them fairly dry and prevented rolling on dead fish.
This group was flying six four string kites.
One of the prettiest maneuvers was the star burst. The kites were flown in a tight circle than pulled quickly away from each other.
My favorite of the big kites was this star.
When the wind co-operated the sky was filled with color. There was about a half hour where the wind was below 5 mph making it almost impossible to fly the kites.
This cart is powered by a kite similar to those used by kite borders. Looked like a lot of fun but I think you need strong arms.
The finally had twelve people with their kites flying together. Considering this was the first time they flew together they did a great job. The people are all bunched at the lower right side of the photo.
Caitlin took over one of the chairs so she had a better view of the show.