Kites and Chutes
Still haven’t had this baby, so we figured we’d actually get out and do something today. We headed out to the sod farm and watched ultralight trikes flying (there was a lot of touch-and-goes, and landings and takeoffs, so it was actually quite interesting), and kites.
Daddy brought his powered parachute, but he couldn’t launch while we were still there as the wind kept kicking up. (There were plenty of other PPC’s there, but none in the air due to the weather.)
Though I’ve been to the sod farm before, for the life of me I wouldn’t remember how to get there (it’s off road 9), so we followed Stephen & Heather out. My parents showed up right after we got there, and the girls had a great time saying hi to their grandparents (and each other for that matter). :) The sod farm is like a big park, and the girls had a great time running all over (especially Evangeline after she got a taste of Heather’s frappe and a dose of sugar!). Wow. There was no way I could keep up with her in my state, so I put Tobin on two-year-old duty. Ha.
We sat for awhile at the edge of the “runway”, and watched all the action there – it was pretty cool – there was a lot of stuff to watch. I think there must’ve been at least 3-6 ultralight trikes in the air at any one time, and several kept showing off (I suppose they could have been testing, but I doubt it).
After awhile, the kite people broke out some huge circular kites and that was very cool. I walked over and shot some video with my phone and a bunch of pictures. In the process someone dropped a kite on me (well the kite string hit me TWICE), so that was a little exciting. Ha.
Here’s that video:
Aren’t those kites cool? I thought they were just beautiful.
Evangeline got so tired she started running in circles, so we decided it was probably best to head home and get her down to bed (this was around 6:30 – she is normally in bed between 5:30 and 6:30). So that’s what we did.
This is going on all weekend, so if you’re in the area, you might want to check it out.
