Kite Festival

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This weekend Brad's boy scout troop went camping at Hammonasset Beach State Park . ConnectiKITERS were having their annual kite festival there as well. I had never even thought that such a thing existed so we just had to go up and check it out. My mother even traveled the six hours to come with us and brought her sister Berta along. We had a fantastic time. I was amazed at the size of some of them. If you click on the clubs link, they have some good pictures of the event that give you a feel of just how big some of them are.

They had three different "fields" set up. One for the public to fly the kites that they brought with them, or purchased at the little kite store they set up. They had a field for club members with giant kites, and one for demos. In the demo field they flew sport kites (the ones with dual lines that you can steer) to music. Some of them were really cool. They also had some "kite battles". They use kites with a special rough string, and they try to tangle up with each other and pull on the string to cut them down. The last one flying is the winner.

Here are some more pix we shot at the event.