I was watching the skys all day at work today. Judging by the trees out my window there was a clean nor-wester blowing all afternoon. After work I stopped at the beach to see what the wind was like there. A lone kite surfer was out there and although it looked like he was still learning, the wind was good. Unfortunately the high tide meant there was not enough beach to buggy on. I went home and loaded up my two excaliburs (2.2 meter delta kites) and my kite buggy and drove to the Wakapuaka sand flat. This place is a really realiable place to buggy when the beaches are out. In summer the surface is hard sunbaked mud/sand. Unlike a beach theres very little fricton and speed is easy! I've given myself some really good scares there trying to beat my own top speed record. I've a bicycle speedo fitted to the buggy and calibrated to suit. My best 'score' so far is 52.5kph ;)
Today was different though. By the time I got there the wind was.. er...indecisive at best, and I hadn't counted on all the surface water. We've been getting spring rains, mostly at night for the last few days. When its been raining the surface there gets really slippery. I tried buggying and it was fun for a while but there was very little traction so I kept getting pulled sideways. Mud would flick up from the front wheel into my face (theres usually no need for a splash gaurd here) and then it started to rain...
Kaycee had a good time chasing the kites (as always), so all was not lost. Hurry up and get here summer!
9:31:43 PM 
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