Uncle Gator's Kiawah Adventures

Not really sure where this one is coming from, for it has nothing to do with vacation, but asking a simple question. The question is simple, why would a group of people who grew up going on fishing trips, never go fishing?   Since it is Friday, let’s roll back time to the 1960’s when life was simple, where Peace, love and the occasional demonstrations where taking place. It is kind of interesting how things really never change, other than the methods. It Friday afternoon and 0 just came home from work, one could feel the excitement in the air, just waiting for a new adventure! 0A would be packing the food, 0 would be getting the sleeping bags, tent, camping stove, lanterns, fishing tackle, and the old outboard engine that 1 purchased from Mr. Fodie. Thinking back 6 is really not sure how 0 packed all of that gear in the car, but magic does happen. Before one realized it was time to pack ourselves in the car and head to someplace to camp and fish! 6 is going to use some logic at thi...

What an appropriate time hear 6’s intellectual views on common sense!  6 thinks that we can all agree on the definition of vacation.” An extended period of leisure and recreation, especially one spent away from home or in traveling” in other words, leave the trappings of your life for a period of time, to enter into leisure. Or “cutting the cord” leaving the routines of day to day and trading them for peace, quiet, relaxation and time to re-charge your batteries.  Really what does that mean, common sense would infer that one would stop on the day to day activities that tie all of us to email, social media, and all other items other that the important activities, giving full attention to the people you are with. For an example, just think of cousin Eddie, 6 bets that he did not have a bag phone, nor would he know how to use it, for if he did, he would have not just showed up at Clarks home, he would have called first! As all of 6’s dedicated readers, have noticed on of 6’s...

As my readers might already realize 6 has some strange fascination, with older people on the beach. PVV did not disappoint! 6 can honestly say that age is relative, as one gets older the definition of “Geezers” changes with each passing day. Here I am going to step back to reality and assume that actually 6 fits in that category now. You might ask why, and the reality of age hit 6 like a ton of bricks one day as 4,6,7 and 8, were having a deep conversation on the beach. As a side note 1 you might like this part because it has to do with the history of the 0 family.   The conversation started, when the four of us were observing the behavior of the thousands of mature adults, isn’t that is a PC (Politically Correct) way refer to geezers, such a hard word. What we noticed is that they were rude, pushy, arrogant, in other words they walked around like they owned the place, actually they probably do.  As a strange twist of fate, we started to ask questions about 0 mother, fath...

We are now one week further from PVV and one week closer to FVV, just as with each individual’s perspective, there good and bad in everything. The bad thing is PVV is over and now in the history books, but the good thing is we are rapidly approaching, writing a new chapter in the annuals of the 0-family vacation!  History is really a funny thing, on one hand it is documented thru the lens of the person writing the words. BTW 7 had a real disaster on the PVV, as we all know, 7 has a very difficult time with sun glasses. Falls into a pit in the ocean, loses them, crosses Lake Bundy sea gull pecks 7 on the back of his head finds a new pair. Who know!  This year 7 went up for his afternoon lunch with his sun glasses, took them off, et (ate) some lunch, found sun glasses broken on the table? Who knows? The next morning 4 found a new pair?  7 still had to go without because 6 stole them! You snooze you looooose! On the other hand, (back to history), it is interpreted ...

Sure, kind of feels as if the COVID crisis, has past and we are returning to normal. Not the new normal, that too has past just like 6 predicted. 6 still have not figured out what that New Normal was supposed to be, nor honestly does 6 care. Just pray that soon this will all be behind us and COVID will just be a memory.  Guess what…. We actually had the pre-vacation vacation (PVV) this year!!!! I normally start at the beginning, but this time I am going to start at the end. A brief story about Friday!  6 knows 6 said Friday, but actually the Friday story starts on Thursday. Only people with superior inelegance (SI), and we all know who has that, so no need for 6 to explain that point any further. Well it seems that every Thursday morning, the grounds keepers fire up the lawn mowers, leaf blowers, hedge clippers and announce the end of the week. After all the grounds are an absolute mess, from the group of renters that destroy the ambiance of paradise, over the past 6 days! 6 c...

It sure seems like forever since we have been able to gather as a family at the beach. So many things have changed in all of our lives over the past year, but as 6 always says, hold your faith stay on the path, and your reward is endless.  As 6 sits here for the second Saturday in a row, doing nothing but hoping that the ice on the trees doesn’t’ ravage 6’s house. I guess it all depends on how one views ones situation:  Yes, the ice is weighing on each branch causing them to reach their breaking point, but at the same time it is beautiful seeing the sun since thru the ice making the landscape appear like the crystal wonderland.   So much to do, and so little time. Try to find airline reservations, find the drawer that 6 keeps all of his Kiawah garb, find someone who has the new tent that 6 wants to purchase. BTW on that tent, every other person on the beach last year seemed to have one, but 6 has no idea where the bought them! I suppose 6 could say Hey Google or Hey ...