And dawn is the best time to talk with friends before the crowds arrive and the frenzy starts. It had been raining on the Texas Plains all week, but the sun came out the day we arrived and beamed throughout the festival. It was a near perfect day and we emptied several bags of fabric into the sky. These are our new Giant Spikey Bouncers being tested in stronger breezes. The thing I think I enjoy most about Zilker is the sense that it has been going on so long.
Generations come out to the park.
Parents who came as small children now bring their own kids to renew the tradition. Kitemasters vie for trophies who got their start over in the children's kitemaking tent. Each year when we come to Austin, our friends Bunny and Dorsey ask what we would like to see. And every time, just to tease them, we say we want to see the Alamo. Well this year, they turned the tables on us.