All is quiet on Fripp Island

The tourist season is over and all is quiet on the southern end of the island. All summer long we share our "little piece of heaven" with the rest of the world. After Labor Day an initial unsettling quiet returns to Fripp Island. It takes us all a little while to get used not to seeing happy families on golf carts heading to the beach loaded down with all their beach paraphernalia looking like the Beverly Hillbillies. It is amazing how much and how many people folks try to fit on one golf cart! Every season more people are injured on the island from golf cart accidents than any other accident.

October can be one of the most beautiful months on Fripp Island. The daytime temperatures moderate and the evenings cool to sweater weather. On weekends island residents gather on the beach to catch up after a busy summer of travel and visiting family and friends. Ab's parents Deb and Dur are coming to visit Fripp for the first time in early October. K and I are excited to have them visit and to share Fripp, low country history, beauty, and cuisine!

Last weekend we were all braced for Hurricane Hannah which miraculously veered to the right ever so slightly sparing us a direct hit. The island received heavy but much needed rain. K and I went back to Atlanta to escape the storm only to come back on Friday when it was obvious Fripp was going to be spared. Just across the bridge on Hunting Island two ocean front cottages were damaged to the point that they had to be torn down. One of the cabin access roads was swept away as well.

K and I went to the Dawtaw Island Club for their first Sunday brunch with our friends Rick and Irene. It was nice to have someone else cook for us! After brunch and returning to Fripp we agreed to meet on the beach. We finally got there around 3pm and enjoyed a very pleasant afternoon and stayed until around 7pm. We hadn't stayed out on the beach that late in a long time. There was a steady northerly breeze that none of us wanted to give up to go home and face a rapidly approaching Monday.