Kiawah Island                            MAY 1 2007                                  

This year over spring break, I went to Kiawah Island. Kiawah Island is an island in southern South Carolina. It is about twenty minutes away from Charleston. Kiawah once was voted the #1 tennis resorts in America. Surprising Kiawah is actually a golf resort that people like Tiger  

Woods plays at. At Kiawah, there is lots of wildlife, places to swim, different places to find food, and other activities. I also will suggest to you this island and tell you why I liked it.

             The wildlife at Kiawah Island is amazing! It was one of my favorite parts of the trip. What were really surprising to me were the palm trees. Just as we have oak trees here, they have palm trees down in South Carolina. That was a huge difference. Located on the island there were over 200 alligators living at Kiawah. They actually didn’t even have them fenced in. They could go wherever they liked but they mainly stayed in the water. There were also some very different birds there. They have herons, egrets, and some duck like birds that live in the water. One thing that they have many of is crabs. They have blue crabs, ghost crabs, very small fiddler cabs, and a few more that I didn’t know the names of. Lastly, they have even more oysters than anything growing in the salt marshes. When I went kayaking in the salt marsh, the oysters were all over the place!

             One thing I really enjoyed doing was swimming. I swam every day while I was down in Kiawah. My favorite place to swim was the ocean. I barley get to go swimming in the ocean. I only go one or two times in the summer and that’s it. Ellie and I were really the only ones who were swimming on the whole island! It was too cold for most of the people there. Usually only the New Englanders swim in the ocean. There also was a huge pool you could go swimming in. I only went in it once or twice though because I would rather go swimming in the ocean.

The food we ate at Kiawah Island was amazing! On the resort they had delicious restaurants that I would definitely go to again. My favorite restaurant that we went to was the Jasmine porch. It was a buffet. I had the best time there. I also went to an oyster party. There were oysters there and you could eat as many as you want. I had a few but they weren’t my favorite. I also went to Shrimper’s restaurant. It is a shrimp restaurant. I had lots of popcorn shrimp and some crab cakes. The crab cakes were delicious.

             There were many other activities to do to. I played a little bit of tennis but didn’t get much in. I also played family tee time golf. It was one of the first times I ever played real golf. I did pretty well for my first time. The kayaking was very fun. We kayaked in the salt marshes. It took a lot of arm strength. At the end of the kayak trip my arms hurt! Another fun thing I really enjoyed doing was fishing. We went on a boat and fished. We not only caught fish but we also caught crabs.

             There are a few things that I would recommend to you if you go.  I would recommend renting bikes. The island was covered with bike trails that you could go on for fun or to get to places like the beach. I would also recommend fishing. To go fishing we went on a boat and fished for half a day. We not only caught fish but we also caught crabs. I would also suggest playing tennis. Kiawah Island once was voted as the #1 tennis islands in the USA. Kiawah Island is actually a golf resort where people like Tiger Woods plays. I played a little bit of golf.

             I had so much fun at Kiawah Island. If I had a choice I would definitely go back again. There is something for everyone to do whether it’s learning about animals, swimming, or playing sports, you’ll have fun. I would highly suggest going there