Uncle Gator's Kiawah Adventures

We do have the first question answered! 61 has chosen the official swim trunks color, HOT PINK! I am not sure what 6 feels about that color, I am thinking it might clash with my bald head, and 6 is comfortable with his masculinity so, I guess all we need to do now is for the guys to try and find something in that color! Have you ever done something when at the time you thought you were wondering why people were giving you funny looks? Not that this ever happened to me, but when I was thinking about this week’s blog this incident hit me like a ton of bricks. Later one afternoon, I was headed back to the condo pre or post happy hour 6 just can’t remember, little details seem to slip one’s mind when they get a few years under their belts. As I walked down the boardwalk towards the parking lot, I noticed a group of people standing at the end of the boardwalk. I was thinking what in the world are they all doing there. They had their cameras out and the mothers had their little childr...

As you might guess 6 is full of tradition. (No comments from the peanut gallery). One of the best things about vacation is the daily tradition of paying homage to the almighty Rex. For those who are unfamiliar, with this solemn, yet joyful rouse, it happens something like this:     Each day at approximately 4:30 one of the respectful beach slugs who needs to use the head or get a GH fix, makes the long journey back to the condo, to cut the cheese, bag the crackers, and open a vintage bottle of Rex.   Before 6 continues please indulge me in a little side note. This past Christmas dinner, 21 was explaining to 6, 32, 7, 8, 33, 34, 61, 62, 63, 21A   the term “Growers” , 6 was intrigued by this concept and did a little research on origins of the term “Growers”,(not that 6 questioned 21’s knowledge) it is a long involved process, so I will get right to the point. It was a term coined by a gentleman named Sir Edward Johnson aka Cousin Eddie, way back in the early 80’...