Warmer Weather and Max Patch

Saturday was a beautiful day so we decided to head up to Max Patch in North Carolina. We stopped and bought kites for the kids and Joe said he just hoped there was enough wind. When we get there we had no problem with a lack of wind. Fairly strong winds blew the whole time we were there and the kites worked well (except Otter's Birds of Prey Eagle kite). The day was very different for our family, too. We had split into two groups when we started to hike. Bubba, Butch and Fox (Bubba was carrying him in the backpack) were one group and Joe, Otter, Bear and I were the second group. 

 

Looking down towards the parking area

The older boys had taken the longer route, took a wrong turn, then tried to correct by going through a field that later had a brier patch. Sandles, shorts and even jeans were no match! Brier Patch 1 The Boys 0. 

Bear's plane kite and the moon to the left of it

So meanwhile Joe, Otter, Bear and I had made it to the top going the steeper direct path and we were working on getting all the kites put together. Joe got Bear's plane together first. It was a great kite and flew well the whole time. I was holding it most of the time since Bear only held it for a couple of minutes before he went to 'help' Daddy. Next Joe worked on Otter's. After getting it together and several attempts to get it in the air failed he moved on to the boys' kite. It was the nicest of the three and had no assembly. It also had no problems flying.   

Getting the boy's kite out

When the boys finally arrived they were scratched up and Butch was cold. They decided to go get a blanket from the van. Poor them! They seemed to be gone for quite a while and we started to wonder if they just decided to stay at the van. We decided we had been there long enough and when they got back we were packing to head out. We ended the trip with a good dinner at Cracker Barrel. Chicken and Dumplins make it all better! ;)

 

Fox played with his cutie rather than eating it

 The younglings all piled on Daddy