Tuesday, 21 August 2007
Chinook, WA
This afternoon we met up with Dave and Sue, friends we made on that ill-fated caravan to Mexico’s Copper Canyon. We drove the short distance from Chinook to downtown Long Beach for lunch at the Lightship Restaurant. The restaurant sits atop a hotel right at the beach and has wall-to-wall windows giving an unrestricted view of the beach, the surf, and the Kite Festival.
Lunch was delicious and even though the skies were gray and cloudy, the view was very nice.
After lunch we strolled out among the vendors on the beach to get a closer look at the kites that ranged in size from downright tiny to enormous. The big wheels, as seen in the background of this shot of Sue and Judy, are fascinating. They lift off the ground then settle back down and roll along for a little while before doing it all over again.
It was very nice to spend some time again with Dave and Sue. We both travel to the Pacific Northwest every summer and this is the second year that we’ve been able to meet somewhere for a quick reunion.
Dave and Sue are staying on the property of a friend who lives just a short distance from our RV Park. That property has 3 RV spaces on it that are most often used by other members of their family who come to the area to celebrate family events or to go fishing. Everyone is very excited right now as the Chinook salmon season opens on the Columbia River this coming weekend.
I’ve seen pictures of long strings of kites like these but never have I seen them in person. This string must have had close to 100 kites all flying from one string. It went so high it was hard to make out the kites at the top of the string.
There were huge kites flying also, even though the breeze was very light.
This devil kite was obviously too heavy for the wind but it did struggle completely off the ground several times.
Chinook, WA
This afternoon we met up with Dave and Sue, friends we made on that ill-fated caravan to Mexico’s Copper Canyon. We drove the short distance from Chinook to downtown Long Beach for lunch at the Lightship Restaurant. The restaurant sits atop a hotel right at the beach and has wall-to-wall windows giving an unrestricted view of the beach, the surf, and the Kite Festival.
Lunch was delicious and even though the skies were gray and cloudy, the view was very nice.
After lunch we strolled out among the vendors on the beach to get a closer look at the kites that ranged in size from downright tiny to enormous. The big wheels, as seen in the background of this shot of Sue and Judy, are fascinating. They lift off the ground then settle back down and roll along for a little while before doing it all over again.
It was very nice to spend some time again with Dave and Sue. We both travel to the Pacific Northwest every summer and this is the second year that we’ve been able to meet somewhere for a quick reunion.
Dave and Sue are staying on the property of a friend who lives just a short distance from our RV Park. That property has 3 RV spaces on it that are most often used by other members of their family who come to the area to celebrate family events or to go fishing. Everyone is very excited right now as the Chinook salmon season opens on the Columbia River this coming weekend.
I’ve seen pictures of long strings of kites like these but never have I seen them in person. This string must have had close to 100 kites all flying from one string. It went so high it was hard to make out the kites at the top of the string.There were huge kites flying also, even though the breeze was very light.
This devil kite was obviously too heavy for the wind but it did struggle completely off the ground several times.
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