Kite Flying in December?

Yes, on December 13th, it was a very, very windy day, but not very cold. We decided to get out our old kite and try flying it. The boys can't even remember the last time we flew the kite, so it has been a long, long time. I was afraid the kite string would be frayed and would snap in the wind, but that wasn't what we should have been worried about.

Instead, shortly after we got the kite flying, the stick bracing the back open snapped in half. We tried substituting sticks we found at the park, but they were too flexible and just popped out. So we walked home and found a thicker dowel rod we had from something else. Christopher cut it down to size, and we took the kite back to the park to try to fly it again.

It worked great, until the kite took a nose-dive and landed right on its tip. This snapped the stick that is the spine of the kite. However, we were able to still fly the kite for short periods of time with its tip folded down. We got some good pictures too. Here you can see our kite with the tip folded down. Now the boys want us to go buy a new kite, but it's the wrong season to find them in the stores. Maybe next spring.