The Sno-Cones rivaled that of my favorite Hawaiian shave ice and we ate our way to the park. From blocks away we started seeing the dots in the sky of various sized kites. There were those that looked like bears, some wind tunnels and even Disney's princesses made a showing. Food was our mission and we were quickly finding out that would not be an easy feat. The line for just the port-o-potties was nearly 50 people long and the food wasn't any better. What made matters worse is that halfway through waiting in the line for food we were finally told we had to go find a ticket booth as the food ones took no cash. One of our friends and I headed off to find the tickets as the others waited in line.
We finally got our tickets, after being nearly scalped by a kite wire and being told the tickets had run out. The Chipotle Carne Asada tacos with guacamole were worth the wait and we met up with other friends to eat and chat on the lawn. I took a few photos and we laughed at the alien kite that everyone seemed to have. Leaving, we again waited in line, this time for a bus that was supposedly going to take us closer to our car. After yet another pointless wait we discovered it would land us several blocks further than we were already.
Walking back was an adventure though. We were handed biblical literature, with the words "Please Don't Litter" written on the back, of which we also saw along the road many times; stopped into a cafe just to use the bathroom; a couple of our group got second sno-cones; and we were happy to discover our car had not been towed even though we technically weren't supposed to leave it where we did.
All in all, it was an exciting and fun afternoon in the sun. Did I mention it was 72 with the perfect kite-flying breeze? Happy sunbathing day!!
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