Wednesday, 22 August 2007
A Nice Day at the Washington International Kite Festival
Long Beach, WA
Late this morning we returned to the kite festival grounds and walked the length of the event before stopping for lunch from one of the vendors along the way. We took the pugs with us today and they grew lots of smiles and laughs as they rode along with me on my scooter. Two fat pugs and a fat old guy rolling along. I guess it makes quite sight.
The weather today was even nicer than yesterday with the clouds breaking up as we arrived followed by large areas of blue sky and sunshine. In the sun it actually became too warm for the black pugs so we kept them well hydrated and, at one point as we sat on a lovely hill overlooking the kite area, Judy made a sunscreen out of her jacket to help Angel stay cooler.
Next to our spot was a bronze statue of Clarke (of Lewis and Clark of the Corps of Discovery). This beach was the expedition’s first contact with the Pacific Ocean. In his journal Clark wrote of finding a sturgeon that had washed up on the beach that was 10’ long. They also discovered some remains of a whale and a “flat fish” which was their first sighting of a halibut.
There were many more kites today since there was a much more favorable breeze. Fighting kites were chasing each other across the sky; huge airfoils hung almost stationary, and fabulous animals danced on the wind. Long “trains” of 100 or more kites were launched marking the sky like a dotted line. With all of them displaying brilliant colors and shapes it was a really beautiful sight to see.
Similar to the trains are the arches like the one below. These long strings of multiple kites are attached to the ground at each end.
We’ll return tomorrow without the pugs as the participants in the events change from day to day.
It’s an event very similar to the balloon fiesta in Albuquerque, NM. The crowd, including children of all ages, is very well behaved and just there to have a nice day at the Washington International Kite Festival. The balloon fiesta is a larger event but the kite festival takes place at a much nicer hour of the day.
Dueling multiple kites were fun to watch.
The tail of this large kite was easily 60 or 70 feet long.
A Nice Day at the Washington International Kite Festival
Long Beach, WA
Late this morning we returned to the kite festival grounds and walked the length of the event before stopping for lunch from one of the vendors along the way. We took the pugs with us today and they grew lots of smiles and laughs as they rode along with me on my scooter. Two fat pugs and a fat old guy rolling along. I guess it makes quite sight.
The weather today was even nicer than yesterday with the clouds breaking up as we arrived followed by large areas of blue sky and sunshine. In the sun it actually became too warm for the black pugs so we kept them well hydrated and, at one point as we sat on a lovely hill overlooking the kite area, Judy made a sunscreen out of her jacket to help Angel stay cooler.
Next to our spot was a bronze statue of Clarke (of Lewis and Clark of the Corps of Discovery). This beach was the expedition’s first contact with the Pacific Ocean. In his journal Clark wrote of finding a sturgeon that had washed up on the beach that was 10’ long. They also discovered some remains of a whale and a “flat fish” which was their first sighting of a halibut.There were many more kites today since there was a much more favorable breeze. Fighting kites were chasing each other across the sky; huge airfoils hung almost stationary, and fabulous animals danced on the wind. Long “trains” of 100 or more kites were launched marking the sky like a dotted line. With all of them displaying brilliant colors and shapes it was a really beautiful sight to see.
Similar to the trains are the arches like the one below. These long strings of multiple kites are attached to the ground at each end.
We’ll return tomorrow without the pugs as the participants in the events change from day to day.
It’s an event very similar to the balloon fiesta in Albuquerque, NM. The crowd, including children of all ages, is very well behaved and just there to have a nice day at the Washington International Kite Festival. The balloon fiesta is a larger event but the kite festival takes place at a much nicer hour of the day.Dueling multiple kites were fun to watch.
The tail of this large kite was easily 60 or 70 feet long.
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