Uncle Gator's Kiawah Adventures

6 knows that the calendar says that it is   spring, meaning the flowers should be in full bloom, the trees   creating tons of pollen, and the weeds in our yard making a green carpet for all of us to enjoy. Well we are not quit there this year, as 6 looks at the weather forecast, it is calling for snow! That means that global warming is in full swing! This year among other things 6 did not color Easter eggs, what a disappointment to wake up Easter morning, after a late night of Rex, and not be faced with 3 or 4 containers of colored eggs that need to be hidden all thorough out the house. 6 bets that this was the first time in 60 years that the window seals were not adorned with brightly colored eggs for the wondering eyes of young egg hunters. At breakfast that morning, 6 was expressing his disappointment and one of the young egg hunters came up with a brilliant idea! Let’s do an Easter egg hunt on the beach! To that end when 6 unveils his mandatory vacation fun agenda, it...

6 knows that all of you will think that he is cheap, but what the heck is going on with the prices down there on the island? It seems as if every year they increase by 20% and as 8 likes to point out the number of people increase by that same amount. Is it any better today than it was 20 years ago when 4 / 4A and 8 would make the annual trip? There a two ways that we can really reduce the price of rent on the island first: we should elect Bernie Sanders the president of Kiawah Island and he can tax all of the rich people and give discounted rent to all of the people who come to visit. We all could go there for free! 6 read an article about his policies that is very fitting for the island. A person was going out to play golf, he went into the pro shop to purchase a ball marker, the pro told him that it was going to be $1.00, so the golfer gave him the dollar, and the pro handed him a dime. The second way is for 7, to stop talking about his house over there on Eugenia drive and br...

6 knows that you all are on the edge of your seats waiting to see what new things are going to await you this year when we hit the beach. Just like death and taxes, we can add the annual price increases to that list, but with the price increases the association is spending that extra money to make our experience even better, after all we are going to a world class resort! The first thing that you will notice are two new buildings in Freshfields village. (Just what we need) there will be locations for new retail space, no plan as to who is going to rent the new spaces, other than a new restaurant. Hey girls, a new place to go for girl’s night out! 6 is going to send a letter to the board of directors because he has a few ideas for filling the newly created vacant retail space: Big Lot’s, Ollie’s, Drive thru beer distributor, Aldi’s, Wal-Mart, Catherine’s, WAWA, McDonalds, Berger King, Waffle House, Country Kitchen, anyone else have any suggestions?   There is also a bra...

Well it is that time of the year, when we have to take down all of the decorations, and place them carefully in a box and put them away for the year. As 6 sits here and ponders all of the events of the past couple weeks, he cannot help but to pull out one of his favorite sayings: ‘Don’t cry because it is over, smile because it happened”. Memories were made: Family dinner at 3’s house over there on Melody Lane with all the other rich people, Christmas Eve Mass featuring 7 and the Wall Flowers, Christmas morning in the house where it all started, the Gen X’rs on the back porch sitting crossed legged around the holiday fruit punch bowl, sit-down Christmas dinner for 25, gift exchange featuring images from the past, final toast for the day, followed by sugar plumbs dancing in my brain. Don’t let those memories of family fad away. We have now officially transitioned from the holidays to that long span of drudgery between charismas and summer vacation. As I think of things to come, I...