The Island Times: Go Fly a Kite

Excerpt from The Island Times, by Jason Frye

Photo by Jason Frye

Memorial Day weekend – the unofficial summer kick off – found Deep Point Ferry Terminal busy, the ferry packed with eager vacationers and the island abuzz with anticipation for the season to come. The weather on Friday afternoon was perfect on Bald Head Island for starting a long, relaxing weekend and for a good, old-fashioned kite flying. Coastal Urge, the newest retail outlet and adventure outfitter on the island, set up an array of kites on East Beach and a couple of dozen people, including me, your intrepid Adventure Blogger, tried their hand at flying a kite.

This is the part where I make a confession: Up until this weekend I had never flown a kite.

I know what you’re thinking: How can a 32-year-old man have missed out on the simple pleasures of flying a kite? Two reasons: 1) I grew up in West Virginia where we have too many trees and not enough wind to fly a kite, and, 2) I thought it looked boring. So I’ll set the record straight: it’s fun; it’s a lot of fun.

Continue reading this article at The Island Times blog.