Kite master takes to the skies in Oregon
It was around 1999 or so, give or take a year, that we visited Oregon's coast near Lincoln City. I was attracted to the magnificent rock formations while my kids were awestruck by the sand. Miles and miles of sand. Together we explored the waves, rocks and dunes. One memorable windy day we happened upon a gentleman who apparently had a love of kites. He had no less than 15 of them strung together in a series formation, each about a meter apart. And the rainbow of kites had matching tails that streamed effortlessly behind them. It was a tremendous spectacle. You can see my son (inset) running on the sand drawn to the mesmerizing event. I was there to record the event on slide film, as my foray into digital media had not yet begun. I have quite a few shots, but I like these ones the most. I probably have 10,000 slides and negatives and have only digitized a small portion of them. Each of them represents a slice of history stored on 8.6...