Idaho Falls Kiting Just For Fun

[Grandpa]

Well, it's over... darn it.

Wednesday we flew on the Idaho State University campus in Idaho Falls. Dean, from Sunrise Kites, broke out his B Series and a few first time fliers got to drive... Lots of big smiles!

Thursday night's Night Fly at Community Park brought together 15 to 20 fliers and almost as many different kites.

Friday afternoon at Sandy Downs brought out the news media and more huge smiles as the news anchors tried their hand driving stunt kites.

Saturday was the BIG day at Sandy Downs. It feels like we built 10,000 kites for the kids. I hope someone got a count on the number of kite families that attended. The sky over SE Idaho was ablaze with hundreds of kites. It was shoulder to shoulder flying. The infield for the horse track was full of single line and laundry. We smashed a few records with 86 pieces laundry hanging for the world to see. We had a 40 foot red dragon, a 23 foot alligator, 8 fish on one line, and 76 more. A grandmother type tried out a power foil. After she got the harness on and the controls explained she asked "what is this line?" I told her it was the "Oh sh*t line." She caught some breeze and was dragged 100 feet on her butt yelling OH SH*T all the way. LMAO!!! We had a kid parade with the kids, Bol races and many tried to pop the Gorilla's balloons (two balloons were popped when the gorilla fell on them). Mark and I went out on the race track to fly our Revs between the rails. The track had been tilled and the clay was like concrete and the wind was getting bumpy. Long sad story short... I need a new leading edge, Teressa. It's amazing how well a Rev can fly with a broken wing... All though it pulled right like it had a flat tire.

Pictures and I called the TV stations for video to follow.

Grandpa

[Penny Lingenfelter]

It sounds fantastic except for that little Rev incident.

Kitefliers sure know how to usher in spring!

BB

Penny