#52 - Fly a kite

After 2 full windy days, it finally occured to me that the weather is just perfect for flying a kite - quite slow, right? So I took my two cousins, their uncle, my little sister and her friend, and we all went to take advantage of the weather.

Now, I have a confession to make - I have never flown a kite before. And I was more than a little excited when this list item was finally ready to be crossed - I was nearly jumping with joy the entire time.
And when I held the rope and the kite started flying (after more than a dozen failed attempts) I felt proud. I'm not even sure why, I just was. At the first few tries, I let go of the rope either too fast or too slow, causing my kite to come crashing down. In corn fields. It was a real pain to untangle it afterwards. The kite came out in one piece, but there were a lot of corn casualties.

I was really surprised when I felt how strong the wind was up there - it even threw me off balance a few times. On the other hand, I was the one with the highest kite :].

All in all, it was a great experience - I can't believe I made it to 17 and never flown a kite, it was supposed to be something ordinary, right?




One of our first tries.




Like I said, corn casualties.




The biggest success.



I'm sorry for the poor quality of the videos. :(

I will do it again as soon as I get the chance. If you never did it, you should really put this on your list!



Have a great summer!

Alice :)