Kite Festival

There is an international kite festival going on about a quarter mile from our house.  Its a pretty huge thing that we have been waiting for all year.  Then Angie, Caleb and Bethany had to be out of town :-( with sadness, Hudson and Dad went for a few minutes anyway.  They were flying some huge kites out there.

After a few minutes in the hot sun you need a cool drink.  These kind of drink stations can be seen everyday but especially at events like these.  They are the kind of things visitors look at and just know--deep in the hearts--if they drink something like that they will die but no one else ever does...   Try one of the pink ones.  I think they have milk mixed in.  There is nothing as delicious as milk that has been sitting in the heat for a while when you are really thirsty!
Just to prove its international, here are a bunch flags.  
This is very Asian.  You see more umbrellas on sunny days than rainy ones.  It makes it harder to see things in the sky but since its "hotteren a firecracker" out there today the umbrella people were much smarter than me.  (When we got home it was 87 degrees inside our house if that gives you any idea how how it feels out in the sun.  Hot enough to make my head hurt!)
What else do you need at the end besides a kite for yourself to carry home?  They were "flying off the shelves" if you will.  Sorry about that one.
Sorry you missed going with us!  Start making your plans to be here next year.  It won't really be international with you.