Uncle Gator's Kiawah Adventures

Over the past couple of weeks 6’s blog has been focused on the strange things that we tend to see on the beach each year. That is not always the case, at times we actually see mothers and fathers interactions with their children that actually give one hope for the goodness of our society. 6 would have to admit that they can at times be bland, at the same time cause enjoyment for all. Well lets us start from the beginning. This was a couple who cared more about life, than the way they looked going through life. They had two children a boy and a girl who were probably under 10 years old, one could easily see that they possessed a real gusto for life! 6 is not real sure when they arrived at the beach each day. After all it was pre-vacation vacation (PVV) and sure enough when 6 dragged his sorry butt down to the beach, there they were! They were not supper organized like the first lady 6 blogged about, 6 would call them minimalist, for all they had was two chairs, a couple towels, and...

6 has very few opinions about most things, life is what it is and we just need to be ourselves. 6 goes about life gathering facts, that is why he is often referred to as the one with superior Intelligence, for 6 has no opinions but only makes statements about issues that are fact based. For example we had a long discussion on the pre-vacation vacation as to who the best hockey player in the NHL. Some 41,7 and 8 said hands down it was Crosby, good player 6 would conclude but the best? Why did he not win the Hart Trophy, well he has in the past but so have Malkin, and OV in fact OV has won more times that Crosby. What about just comparing Crosby and Malkin.   Crosby has him by 4 points in 142 games in the post season now that is what some pendant for ESPN would call a massive difference. One could argue that he has won Stanley cups, wait a second they both are on the same team. Take away Malkin and yes OV has never won a Stanly Cup, but so was Terry Bradshaw on a team that won se...

This year on the pre-vacation vacation, 6 learned many new things. Since we are in the “getting ready” phase of our yearly pilgrimage to paradise this lesson learned is extremely timely. It is lesson for the beach as well as a life lesson. Every day at about 1:00 while 4, 4A,6,7 and 8 were sitting on the beach minding our own business, some lady (we could never figure out her age) my guess was that she was old, other were thinking she was young and just had an old husband. BTW that seemed to be the theme there this year old men with young girls. Would pull her little cart down to the beach, stop right in front of us, as if we did not exist, and begin to unload her house for the day. This was an amazing site, first she pulled out an electric drill and proceeded to drill a hole in the sand for the umbrella, they unfolded her umbrella and placed it in the hole, filled two bags with sand using a small shovel (not a plastic one mind you) and fastened them to the umbrella so that it w...