go fly a kite in zilker park, festival 2012
a hungry family on the move. the weather was perfect for a day at the park, flying kites. so everybody did. the festival is from 11 to sunset, we had no firm time to get there. kat was working on her landscaping project, I figured we'd go to the park when she was ready to quit that. but her plan was to keep working until I told her to stop... she worked until she got real hungry... waiting for me to tell her when to stop. and so it went.
after walking for a long time, we arrived at the park. we were not surprised, it's like this every year.
trying to find your friends in this sea of kites, kite pilots and picnic spreads, dogs, hippies... so many people that text messages or phone were not working. but we managed to find our group. it was a kite festival miracle.
stephen always catches his shark via fishing pole. otherwise we'd have never found them.
quickly ate our chipotle burritos and got our kite assembled. this is the first year I bought us a real kite. we usually get a cheap plastic kite that is more of a single use kite.
and it was the first year #2 son had a firm grasp on this kite flying gig.
and the new kite was a success!
all the string was out. the bee was a good flyer.
the older two kids relaxed.
the real hazards are from other kites. there is always a good chance that the picnic or our heads will be dive bombed by a stray kite. and tangles are a constant battle.
he rewarded himself with a weinhard's rootbeer.
sean got his big bird kite up and quickly reached the end of his string.
the trees are decorated with kite failures by afternoon.
our bee kite survived!