It appears Mother Nature has her own ideas for the ninth annual LBI FLY International Kite Festival as Tropical Storm Ophelia’s wake, in the form of beach conditions at 68th Street in Long Beach Township, returns the event to Ship Bottom this weekend.

“We are grateful to both Ship Bottom and Long Beach Township officials for their near-decade support of this event, demonstrated most notably by the gracious accommodation provided by Ship Bottom just last week to allow the Saturday element of the…