Arriving at Hilton Head Health

1.) Flying red eye is super annoying and exhausting. I left Seattle at 11:15pm Friday April 16th and arrived at Hilton Head Island at 12:30pm Saturday April 17th.

2.) It's sunny AND hot here in SC and I LOVE it!

3.) The taxi dropped me off at the resort around 1pm. The very first sign I see opon arrival reads "for your safety, please do not feed the ALIGATORS!" These signs are posted all around the resort by all the water banks.

There was some miscommunication between my supervisor and the front desk so the people working didn't know I was arriving this afternoon. Luckily, 3 of the interns that are already here walked around the corner on their way to the beach. The lady at the front desk said that it was ok if I checked in tomorrow and let me go with the girls. Soooo... I dumped my stuff at our villa (4 of us to a villa) and went to the beach. The beach is only about a 5 minute bike ride from our villa so we went along the bike trails until we got to the beach. I can't even describe how beautiful it is here. The beach was packed with families and college aged kids all playing soccer and volleyball and blasting music. We stayed there for a few hours just talking and getting to know each other. On our way back we biked around a lot of the trails to see more of the resort and there are aligators literally everywhere just chillin' by the water. They walk along the golf course and let you take their picture. We got off our bikes and walked a little closer (but not too close) to take pictures. Unfortunately I didn't have my camera with me but I will next time and I'll post some photos! For those of you that know what the deer are like on Bainbridge Island, the aligators are like that here at the resort. Crazy. There are also turtles in the creeks and they sit along the banks. When you walk close to the water a ton of them (about 15) at a time will swim toward you hoping you will feed them.

Eventually I unpacked and got as settled as I could before we went to dinner. After all of the guests are served the interns walk back in to the kitchen where the culinary interns serve up our plates. Then we go back out into the dining area but sit seperately than the guests. When we are finished eating we walk back into the kitchen and rinse our dishes.

Two of the girls only have a week left so they are taking myself and the other newest intern out tonight to one of their favorite bars. I'll have to report on the night life later :)

Anywayyyyy... that's all for now....

More to come...