Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Cancelled on account of beautiful weather?

Today is Kite Flying Day, and that itself should more than explain what you are supposed to do this holiday. However, on a 54ยบ semi-cloudy day with absolutely no wind, it has proven quite impossible to fly a kite. I tried. I even tried to see if I couldn't drive around at a nice speed with the kite at the window, but that proved fruitless and quite possibly illegal. So...

Thanks for reading!
~Kyle

... Okay that would have been pretty lazy of me, so I guess here a little history behind kites. Kites were actually used to test winds, find people, and send signals way back in the day. Starting in China, moving to India, then to Europe. After a huge "tech-boom" in the early 1900's, they became more of a recreational tool. As we all know, of course, most humans under the age of 10 may not know what a kite is, due to the near extinction of outdoor activities after 1999.

That last part might have been opinionated.

Thanks for reading!
~Kyle