Illinois Kite Enthusiasts

A simple dice game for the younger set is Roll For It

I asked for socks, and only socks, for Christmas. Merry Socksmas! I did get some great socks. However, we also played a bunch of games over the holidays. Here's a few more that you might want to check out for your family. They may be a bit advanced for Garrett? It's been too long since I've had a ki...

Merry Kitesmas!

Slappy wrote:daughter is a scrawny little thing that gets cold easily...

Me too :)

1pm sounds good to me

That's a fine temperature for November.
I'll already be in Chicago, so I'll be there.

On Saturday, I should be able to hit Montrose for a couple hours. If it isn't too cold!

Happy birthday everyone !
Thanks to those of you who joined in the last few years--you are keeping the club going into its next decade.

I prefer Sunday as well, but I may have a family commitment Sunday afternoon in naperville, at least for a couple hours. At least it's now safe to visit Naperville--the pig has been neutralized. http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-feral-pig-roams-naperville-1021-20161020-sto...

Thanks for the photos Bill, I really appreciate your photos after every event.
Can you email me the original of the one with 180Go! flying with Fire and Ice?
Thanks

I'll be there! Lots of folks will be there!

A gif for fun:

Here's some video from the weekend.
Thanks Rose for the great job filming the mega-fly; thank you Shari for the great video of the water play at the end of the video.

https://youtu.be/qkrBzDF4-ys

Great! THanks Bill!

Here's the SNL skit: https://youtu.be/MwpmqMnngRk

Or space shorts :)

And if you're into stargazing, you might want to head back to the beach after dinner. There's wind forecast for a night fly, but the stargazers may not like you blocking their view. Probably not a problem if we talk to them first and fly in a boring part of the sky :) http://www.in.gov/activecalenda...

For those of you who like weather forecasts, here it is for the coordinates of our beach:
https://darksky.net/41.6624,-87.0654/2016-9-24

basicbill wrote:

KiteVoice wrote:Really looking forward to it!

Absolutely.

Me too!

See y'all at the retreat!