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Kites on thin Ice?

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By Alan Wilfahrt
January 12, 2012

The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board has already determined to reschedule the Lake Harriet Winter Kite Festival to the backup date of January 21, 2012. Providing suffecient temperatures over the next week, Lake Harriet will again be covered in color with kites, kids, and kids of older years from Noon to 4 p.m.

Notice: I have been contacted by one of the sponsors, the East Harriet Neighborhood Assocaition;  "After much consideration, the DNR and Minneapolis Parks decided the ice on Lake Harriet will not be at a sufficient thickness by Saturday."

Here are some scenes from about a year ago, when the ice was thick but the wind was a little thin.

pirates ship out

This dragon kite dragon raising

dragon draggin

dragon in flight

bird and big tail kites

turtle stomp

snowshoe tramping snowshoeing

roasting marshmallows

horse drawn wagon rides

snow pile at horse trail

wind above the ice

bold and bright  insufficient height

getting airborne

hand made kite train

flying panda  big blue

solo  crowd

kite walk  kite strut

kite flyer

wagon load  horsepower

The 2012 Lake Harriet Winter Kite Festival  is reset for Saturday, January 21st, Noon to 4 p.m.. This is the alternitive date, with the hope for the ice to provide a safe and fun surface.

Thanks to the Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board; People for Parks; and the Linden Hills Neighborhood Council; East Harriet Neighborhood Association;and the MN Kite Society for their sponsorship.

More images from previous years, Winter kite flying at Lake Harriet

Lake Harriet Bandshell


4135 W. Lake Harriet Parkway
Minneapolis, Minnesota
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