There is a kite flying area at Shoreline in Mountain View. My husband and I discovered this after futile attempts to launch his homemade box kite in the fairly windless vacant lot near our home.The wind, as you can see, was a bit more friendly at Shoreline yesterday.
We saw everything from wild dual-lined stunt kites to simpler cartoon-charactered delta kites, even an airborne pirate ship.
I've seen a remarkable number of rainbows since I moved to the Bay Area, but I wasn't expecting to see this one, on such a beautifully dry and sunny May afternoon.
Our elegant little box kite. The spool had 500 feet of string, and at one point, we had let it nearly all the way out.
