kite festival

Yep, it?s that lovely time of year again when Austinites flock to Zilker Park to pepper blue skies with thousands...

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See our web site: http://www.zilkerkitefestival.com 20,000 attendees expected. ** Estimated start time -- Please confirm **

Editor's note: Event has been moved from Sunday, March 7 to Sunday, March 14 due to the possibility of rain. Sunday, March 14 from 10 am to 5 pm is Kite Day at Zilker Park in Austin, Texas Presented by H-E-B, the City of Austin Parks and Recreation Department and the Exchange Club of Austin.

Editor's note: Event has been moved from Sunday, March 7 to Sunday, March 14 due to the possibility of rain. Sunday, March 14 from 10 am to 5 pm is Kite Day at Zilker Park in Austin, Texas Presented by H-E-B, the City of Austin Parks and Recreation Department and the Exchange Club of Austin.

A quick hit as I'm preparing for another trip to beautiful Huntsville.

While my wife and I were painting on Sunday, my father-in-law took our 5-year-old to the Kite Festival.

Or, rather, he tried. As he put it, when he got to the shuttle pickup (around 16th/Lavaca), a cop told him there was about an hour wait to board the shuttle and another hour to get to the park (this was at 2:00 in the afternoon or so).

There were supposedly about 25 shuttles stuck in traffic on the way to the park.