As we all know Pre-Vacation Vacation, was a great time had by all. 6 can only speak for himself, but it was very restful, relaxing and full of fun events that will generate many topics for the blog!
6 was nosing around, out there on the inter web, looking to see what is new on the island for this year. There are a couple of interesting changes that are going to happen. The most important change that KICA passed was a law that forbids single use plastic. Yes that means no straws for beer drinking, and most of all 4 can no longer bring any food to the beach!! That is a very noble position, and 6 supports it 100%.The history of the island and how they deal with the environment, is a little bit lacking. For example, even in southern Maryland we have to recycle, trash in one can, recyclables in another! Think about the effort 6 has every stinking day to properly discharge our waste. Every day 6 has to take the trash out to the can, as well as taking the recyclable junk to another can. That is two trips to the can every day and that is a regular habit!! (Talk about waste) Then once a week 6 has to take both of those heavy trash cans out to the street for the pick-up, do you think that they would make it easy and have pick up on the same day…. No it is two different days, I think that they should make it one day use the same truck since both trucks dump their loads in the same place.. Just think about that , 6 makes 14 trips to the can every week and two trips to the street!! On Kiawah they have two dumpsters that are tucked on a dead end road behind the firehouse, and believe it or not there was some 40 something in his two seat BMW dropping a lone plastic grocery bag full of bottles into the dumpster! That was a first sighting for me!! I think that is almost as rare as seeing one of those elusive highians. First of all everyone knows that you never put a plastic grocery bag into the recycling, because it jams up the sorter, or as 6 says that is if they even make the attempt to sort the recyclables. For as much as he put in the recycle bin, he made more carbon emission from his car than if he would have just set fire to the bag and watched it burn. Another example is the raise in the ocean, Kiawah Island is actually growing, NOAA is predicting a 1 foot raise in the ocean levels in the next 50 years. Not a huge effect the island so there is no a great concern, but the real issue is how the marsh land is actually reducing, guess what the cause of that is??? Gators taking over the island? ...... Building mega mansions??? You are correct all the building on the marshes, not being able to drain correctly thus salt water from the ocean fills the void . Great planning from KICA, passing out building permits like candy! Now there is on adverse effect of the new plastic ban… you can no longer bring single use bags and cups to the beach! Think about that for a second, this year at wine time, each of us get our own bottle, for the bottle may be against the law, but the plastic cup, is even worse!! There is one good thing in the law, when 6 goes and gets his morning coffee, they will allow single use plastic cup lids!!! Now 6 loves that execption to the law, but just think about how stupid that is, 6 never remembers a plastic sandwich bag laying around, but you see those Kiawah cups everywhere, it makes you wonder who is making those laws, does one think that Kiawah may have a little influence on the KICA board? “I give up”.
On a lighter note, one afternoon 6,7 and 8 had the pleasure of watching a nice family go out and spend great sums of money on a new paddle board. The went all out, for each of them had life jackets, nothing like safety first! For about the first hour or so one of them, 6 will guess that he was about 13/14 years old learned rather quickly and before you know it was having a blast paddle boarding in the ocean. He soon missed his phone and video games then it was his sisters turn. She did the same thing, and before you know it, Rex Time fell upon the beach! So most of the beach emptied out expect for the Rex drinkers. The next day the same family came back, the teenage boy and girl just went out like seasoned pros and rode the paddle board. It was about this time where the fun begins… Not to be out done by his kids their old man, decided that it was his turn to ride the paddle board. He was a young man probably in his late 30’s or early 40’s, 6 feet tall 240 pounds, and no 6 will say the last time he was involved in any physical activity other than his domestic chores, was playing high school football for Polk high. He spent the next several hours doing his best to get on top of the paddle board, and no 6 did not say standing on it, he could not even lay on it!! He would jump on the board and fall off the other side, then he would try from the back of the board and it would just flip over. Seriously this went on for at least 2 to 3 hours! Finally after 1001 attempts, his wife and kids had enough of the beach for the day and they all went home… Paddle board never seen again for the rest of the week. This man never gave up, yes it was very entertaining to watch but come the end of the day this man demonstrated a lesson to his family and all those wonderful spectators on the beach. 6 remembers a saying from Winston Churchill (6 did have to look up the exact words) “Never, ever ever ever ever give up.” “Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.” no truer words were ever spoken, when one watched the man trying to ride a paddle board! Yes no smart comments 6 knows that Churchill said that about the Big one, but it still applies to everyday life.
Words of wisdom: One may never be the best at something, nor one should never give up, one should accept their limitations, and Never, ever, ever, ever give up on the things that you love. For if you do, you will Never Ever,Ever fell joy!
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