Test Flight

Update: here are the rest of the pictures from today.

What a fun day! The weather was absolutely gorgeous all day! Can you say Old Wive's summer?

After church, Julie and I, along with a bunch of friends, went to Chipotle in Hyde Park for some burritos and tacos. Then a few of us headed back to Crossroads for our “Vision Tour” – we got a walkthrough of the new facilities that have been built through many of our donations. It was way cool! Once all of the construction is done (five more weeks, I think), that place is going to be huge! After a few yummy snacks at the end of the tour, the moment I’d been waiting for all day arrived – it was time to fly the kite!

Julie and I drove up to Voice of America (VOA) Park in West Chester (I think that’s where it’s at…) and we tried out the new kite. I have to admit that I was pretty worried – there was almost zero wind. We threw some grass into the air to test for a breeze, and it barely moved at all from where it was thrown – not a good sign. But still, there was some wind, so we put together the kite (I was excited, and I think Julie was having fun just watching me) and launched it. Miracle of miracles, it actually flew!

I got the kite to fly for a few minutes, but having never flown in low wind conditions before, it wasn’t long before it looked like a duck that had been shot out of midair and slowly floated towards the ground. I had had a decent little flight, especially considering the lack of wind. Julie was up next. I was completely amazed! She launched the thing and it never even looked like it was coming down! Talk about being put in your place – when the girlfriend - errr, I mean fiancé! – who’s not even that into kites (OK, not into them at all really) can out fly the guy who loves kites (love might be too strong of a word), it’s a pretty sad state of affairs.

Anyway, after a while she was kind enough to let me fly MY kite again, and I had much better luck the second time around – I guess I learned something from watching her.

If you’re looking for something fun to do, I highly recommend getting a kite – and a fiancé to fly it with:)!