Kite Festival 2016

Milwaukee's beautiful lakefront was peppered today with hundreds of awesome kites during the annual Kite Festival held at Veteran's Park.

Kites and the downtown Milwaukee skyline

 

 

Kites of all shapes and sizes were flying in a very gusty wind. The temperature was in the upper 70's but the wind shifted abruptly and brought chilly Lake Michigan air into the park.

The Octopus kite was clearly a favorite. Most festival goers snapped a picture as they watched the kite toss in the wind.

 

 

 

Animal and fish kites also seemed to be popular-mostly due to the size.

Eagle Kite

Shark Kite

 

Circle Kites were interesting, as they continued to spin in the win.

On our way home, we saw an interesting site. A Pedal Tavern was directly in front of our car. A Pedal Tavern is a surrey that numerous people pedal on their way to various taverns. For a fee, they reserve a spot on the surrey, tour specific areas of the downtown, and stop at a few taverns. Judging from the laughing and singing of this group, they must have visited several taverns already!

Pedal Tavern on St Paul street in Milwaukee

We really thought this was a very cool event. Perhaps the most enjoyable thing was watching the Grand Flying at noon where all the kites were in the air and "Let's go Fly a Kite" was playing in the background.