Cumberland Island Or Bust

Uncle Bubba was sipping on a cup of hot coffee while watching a Sunday morning news story about Cumberland Island off the coast of Georgia. It was a soft piece told in a romantic and nostalgic tone of how the rich enjoyed it during the gilded age, from the 1880’s, blah, blah, blah. Long story short, the Carnegie’s bought most of the island and built mansions on it so they could vacation and party with their rich friends and family. OK, it was their right; Uncle Bubba likes to throw a good party as much as anyone. Eventually, as times changed and their fortunes declined the ancestors donated the property to the parks service. The hair on Bubbie’s neck stood up when the reporter, in an offended tone, asked the park ranger if they let the properties just disintegrate over time. The ranger respectfully replied that they use their funding to save what they can. In Bubbie’s view, if the doggone rich Carnegie's wanted to save their own mess they would; why are we paying for it? And why is letting the island return to nature bad; isn’t that the ultimate beauty?