We spent the past week in on the Outer Banks in North Carolina. A great vacation overall. Weather was really good for vacating but was kind of iffy most of the time for flying the kite and getting pictures. Couple that with my almost complete lack of pre-trip checks of the kite and equipement bags and you end up with lots of missed opportunities. But I learned some important lessons about what not to do in the future so its not all bad.
These are some of the very shots we ended up getting. This is the Wright Brothers National Monument. Most definitely worth a visit if you're even in the area.
This was the first spot we launched the kite from. The wind was good, the light wasn't bad and everything was working pretty well. Our plan was to get some shots from this vantage point and then start walking to different spots with the kite and rig airborn. Unfortunately, as soon as we started moving the next spot, the battery alarm on the remote transmitter started beeping. We were out of power.
What's worse, because of my lack of pre-trip checks all the three chargers that I own were 800 miles away on the bench in the basement. I drove to hobby shop 60 miles away the next morning to buy another charger (so we've got 4 now). But it was too late. The weather and other equipment issues more or less prevented getting any other worthwhile shots the rest of the week. Lessons learned I suppose.
