[Island Life]

Jason,

I have to agree with the last writer, it takes a certain personality to live on an island. I've done it all my life (as has every other member of my exended family) and I wouldn't want it any other way. It's peaceful and free of many on-shore distractions.

On the other hand, island living can be tough. Schlepping everything from your car to your boat to your cottage can be fine if done occassionally and in good weather but gets old when done frequently, or in the rain and wind, or in the dark. Also, anytime you run to shore on an errand it takes twice as long as you thought it would. Figure in the boat ride to and from shore (made much longer if you have to go through a significant no-wake zone), stopping to get gas when necessary, tying up, putting the cover on the boat if it might start raining while you're at the store, and then putting all those grocery bags in your boat. Phew! Then imagine the stress you feel if you're at the store and it starts to rain - but you didn't put the cover on. Fortunately Hannifords only uses plastic grocery bags because those bags are going to get awfully wet going back over - as are you!

As I said, I love living on an island. But I wouldn't be able to do it if my kids didn't also love it and didn't happily put up with the difficulties.