101 - #19 - Fly a kite at Gas Works Park.

[dirtylibrarian]

I'm not sure why this one took so long to get around to.  I've had the kite for years, and carry it in the trunk of my car pretty much all the time (which does seem a bit silly, what with today's gas prices).  Gasworks park is super easy to get to.  And for all we complain about it, nice days in Seattle aren't that hard to find.  This is the sort of thing that is best done with company, and it was a good opportunity to show off a great view of Seattle to an out of town guest...plus she was impressed that there were a good 20 people out there just flying kites...probably hundreds just hanging out.  I highly recommend kite flying, though it was not as relaxing as I had been expecting.  Once you get it going, it  is a lot of work!   Plus, my kite has this weird propensity to suddenly just drop (though it did better up very high than most kites there), and I was paranoid about it falling on people's heads (it did interrupt at least one romantic moment, but nobody was injured ;)   I'd totally be up for doing this again, maybe with a picnic, so let me know if you want to try it out sometime.  And I just picked up a second kite...so it could make a good group outing.