The sky around the Washington Monument was littered with hundreds of high-flying kites Saturday as hundreds of people descended on the National Mall for the Blossom Kite Festival.
“You’re at the center of the political universe so It’s a wonderful place to fly a kite,” participant Dana Hannah said. "You can take advantage of all that hot air coming off the Capitol building.”
Amateur and experienced kite-fliers were all looking for the same thing: good wind.
The wind, at least 5 mph less than hoped for, was not as strong as the enthusiasm of some of the fliers.
“It’s not that windy,” Karen Rambo of Falls Church, Va., said. “This is my son’s kite, but he got tired after running so much, so I’m trying. It’s good exercise.
The lack of wind didn’t stop the competition.
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