A Week Off

After the busyness of kite building and kite festivals, we took a week off and went on a vacation.  This meant we missed the usual community kite fly last Sunday.  Turns out it was canceled due to cold weather and high winds (which made it even colder).  However, we took a number of kites with us to fly on the beach at Myrtle Beach, SC.  The weather didn’t cooperate much better there.

We had a couple of days of rain.  In between there were days of low temperature and very high winds.  Yes, I wimped out and stayed indoors on those days.  Then there were the sunny days with very low winds or moderate winds being blocked from the beach by the condominiums.  And the condominiums line the beach from one end to another.  So frustrating.

Yet, we tried.  Got out the light wind bag and pulled out several kites.  The Skate would go up and then glide gracefully back to the ground.  The Dunton-Taylor box flew the best but would over-fly in a gust and do a nose plant in the sand.  The Dunton-Taylor box with banner tail did not over fly but did mimic the Skate and glide down shortly after launch.  So much for flying on this vacation.

All was not lost, however.  On those rainy days we went to the local kite shop, Klig’s Kites in North Myrtle Beach, SC.

Be prepared to get a crick in your neck as I’ve never seen so many kites hung from the ceiling and the walls as there are at this shop.  We had a great visit with Lauren while we were there.  She is very knowledge about kites, fun to visit with, had some places and people in common with us and doesn’t mind at all when she has to use a ladder to get a kite down that you are going to purchase.  In fact, she had to use the ladder several times during our visit.  We thoroughly enjoyed spending time there and are looking forward to our next visit.

And so until the next time we fly (which we hope will be soon)

Fair Winds All