SPI Kite Festival

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The kite competitions were held today. Two teams did routines. Four people each with a two string kite fly in formations. It is spectacular to watch. A guy from Huston, TX came down and set up lots of kites to add to the festivities. He had big lizards, a cat, a teddy bear, trains of 50-100 kites and had fun keeping them all in the air. He showed Will how to fly an airfoil plane. It had a big pull with air filling the foil. Will had it doing loops! For just $150 he could own his o­ne. Will helped Rick, the guy from Huston put away all the kites and we headed back toward the refuge.

We stopped at Walmart for supplies and at Harley's for some entertainment. John Paul was playing with his band, people were up dancing to the country tunes, and everyone was having a good time. Will drove the Roadtrek back to the refuge and we spent the rest of the evening trying to make a CD for Sally and Merril of the pics around the refuge. We were not sucessfull. Either the disk would not load or the drawer would open before it was finished. Kathy headed to bed in frustration and Will stayed up unwinding with a TheraFlu and computer games

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