Sunday May 23....the wind was off the chart!!
Well almost

At about noon Michael D. drove by the house and said it was going to be a great day. Then Klaus followed him to the beach. I wasn't sure so Dan and I waited a while.

So at about 2 o'clock the wind was really howling. The sand was blowing across Ocean. It was time to go kiting.

It was great seeing so many kites at Belmont. I heard later that the surf was so big at Huntington and Sunset that a lot of kiters decided to come here.

Dan rigged his Best 10 and was getting some great air.

Dan's cousin Jason, who is going to be a father soon, decided to join us.

I don't know what size kite Aaron was on, but he was getting some big air too.

I don't have a multiple shot camera like Klaus but here was a cool trick that Drew threw down. Man does he make it look easy.

At 3 o'clock some kiters had been on the water for over 2 hours. Time to take a break.

And some....were shielded by their kites to get out of the wind.

The EverReady Bunny kept it up as kites started falling.

Rescues were happening on the beach....here Al is making sure this kiter was not dragged over the cement launch ramp.

And here Gabor has a kiter holding onto him as he drags him to the beach. Great rescue GV.

Gabor didn't waist any time...he was right back on the horse.

Even I got out there and had some fun.

Like many kiters, Dan wanted to get in one more ride. Because you never know if it's going to blow tomorrow.

But Ruth had the toughest job of all....babysitting Loki and Bebe while we were out on the water. We were home by 6, but there were still kiters out on the water. It was great kite day today.