62 www.ReadMPM.com | www.MountPleasantMagazine.com | www.MountPleasantPodcast.com Since 1978, three generations of the Hartnetts have spent their summers at their family beach house, located at 19 Sandcrab Court in Wild Dunes on the Isle of Palms. Tom Hartnett Jr. said that growing up going to the beach is what defined his childhood. “Every year we counted the days until summer, when we’d move out to the island. It meant freedom – friends I hadn’t seen since the year before, long days surfing, sail carting and running wild on what was then the undeveloped end of the island. Back then, it felt like a jungle oasis in the middle of paradise.” That was before Wild Dunes was built up like it is now, when the amenities were simpler. “We didn’t need anything more, we lived outside,” he said. “Days blurred into nights at the cabana – shooting pool, playing volleyball and crowding around video games. It was everything a boy could want. I dreaded the end of HartnetT family BY SARAH ROSE Thomas, Rhett, Nicholas and Tom at the property owners. Thomas, Rhett and Nicholas on the boardwalk in the chair. Thomas, Rhett, Bonnie and Tommy sitting on the dock at Moise Island. family
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