History
Shawn introduced me to Kiawah in 1985. I remember stepping over the dune boardwalk in front of the Kiawah Island Inn and seeing Kiawah's wide, sandy beach for the first time - it was so brilliant it practically danced before my eyes. It was during this vacation that the two of us decided to set our sights on moving to this beautiful and fascinating place permanently. It was not until 1988 that our dreams came true and our U-Haul rattled across the Kiawah Island bridge (at that time it was nothing more than a wood-planked bridge). For the next four years we rented a 1-bedroom villa overlooking a lagoon, 4251 Mariner's Watch. Shawn was so thrilled to be living on the island that he purchased the personalized South Carolina license plate