She ripped.

She ripped from nose to tail.

She ripped from nose to tail in not one spot, but two.

I contemplated getting her fixed. I even took her over to Quantum Sails to get an estimate. They quoted me "Under $120.00". Or, under 2 hours of work. While that sounded reasonable and did give them the go ahead to make the repair, I knew in my heart that she would never fly the same again. She already has one repair from last season.

The next morning, Tuesday, I called Mark at Red Sky and asked him to keep his eyes open for deals on close-out kites from the 2008 model year. The next morning, he sent me an email telling me that I could get an Eclipse Nano 9-meter for $599.00. That's a steal in anybody's book. I told him to order me one and I called Quantum to cancel the repair.

The following Thursday, she arrived. She's pretty.

I got a chance to fly her last Saturday in the gusty (zero to 40 mph) winds. At first it was frustrating because it's a different style of kite and you have to do different things to get it going. After a short time, I was comfortable on the new kite and I was throwing jumps again. Big, floaty, hang in the air all day jumps. I like her. I think I'll keep her.

OMG CUTE!

That's Bubbles youngest sister

Monday, Bubbles left for 6th grade camp. It was supposed to be my week with her so it does feel a little empty around here. But, I go through that every other week, so it's not such a big deal. They didn't know who they would get to share a cabin with until they arrived so we don't know if Bubbles and PowerFoot got to share a room. They did put eachother down as preferred choice for room mates. So, chances are good.

I hope they have fun.

*landed: In this case, I mean that I came back down and touched the water. It was not graceful.