Kites and Comets

I have 24 videos of John trying to fly a kite. And that wasn’t remotely how many times he tried. He must have tried hundreds of times! There just wasn’t enough wind (ironically, given the amount of wind in this state).

Many of the videos look like this (snicker)

Quite a number look like this (snort)

And most look like this (sigh). You know a video is boring when the dog wandering around aimlessly is more interesting than the intended action. Watch out little doggie, or you’re going to get bonked by a not-flying kite! Rosie can be clueless sometimes.

The average length of time in the air was about 20 seconds. The best one went for an entire three and a half minutes, before it landed in the tree. Luckily he was able to get it out of the tree so we could have this same fun some other time!

By the time we had enough consistent wind to fly a kite, there was a thunderstorm building and we needed to hike back to camp. Thunderstorm wind wasn’t exactly the kind we were looking for. No need trying to reproduce Benjamin Franklin’s study results.

Meanwhile, on that same trip, we got lucky, the thunderstorms cleared, and we got a cloudless night to see the comet! (Yes, this trip was a few weeks ago, I’m behind on my posts again.) John took some good photos. I’m lucky he dragged me out to see it because I’ve never been much of a stargazer (nearsightedness at an early age will do that to you), and I probably wouldn’t have bothered going to see it if it wasn’t for him.

If you turn it upside down it looks like a space monster talking to you. Wear your mask, Space Monster!

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