One Last Hurrah Before the School Year

As the summer wound down and my graduate classes came to a conclusion, we found ourselves with six days to hit the road in search of fresh breezes to fill my kite. Our plan was to head north to Holland for a night, then work our way all the way north along the lakeshore to…

VanBuren State Park and Points Beyond

Our latest adventure “Chasing the Wind” took our Happy Clan to the west coast of Michigan and Van Buren State Park. We booked 3 nights in the campground and hoped that the winds would materialize for kiting. We planned on enjoying the beaches of Van Buren State park and exploring the communities of South Haven…

Progressing towards Proficiency

As I prepare to attend my first kite boarding camp this Spring Break at the Real Water Sports Center in Waves, NC…I’ve been trying to work my kite handling skills. There are some very helpful YouTube videos that provide basic introductory kite instruction. It seems that a general rule of thumb is that a person…

The First Post

Start here for a bit of background on my Lilly Grant proposal…