Paradise, defined as a place with the feeling of immense delight and felicity. Imagine you are sitting on the hot, white sand listening to the waves roll in with no worries passing through your mind. I know that phrase sounds similar to the chorus in Zac Brown Band’s song titled “Toes” but trust me that is exactly how I interpreted my first time I went to Hilton Head Island. Even though we had to endure not one, but two flights it was the best week in my life. The pearl grained sand and palm trees towering over me like giants urged me to go to the beach. This vacation truly made me as serene as I’ve ever been, with no plans and waves out in front of me I knew this would be an unbelievable trip. Where we stayed at added a unique feel…show more content… “I can’t believe how warm and soothing the water is,” said my mom. I agreed with her by saying, “I didn’t think the water would be this warm either.” The first couple of days we spent drinking pina coladas, lounging and playing on the beach. Distant fishing boats could be made out on the horizon of the Atlantic Ocean. Seagulls filled the salty air chirping and searching for food left by visitors. Deciding to go boogie board, my brother and I swam out as far as we felt like was suitable for quality waves “Look how big that wave is!” yelled my brother. I yelled back at him, “ Let’s go surf it!”
As we approached the fifteen foot wave on our boards the wave seemed to be getting stronger each second. The wave stood over us like a building and tried to intimidate us but we were ready to conquer it. As soon as the wave broke I turned around and paddled as fast as I possibly could, catching the heart of the wave perfectly. Standing above the wave I was shredding through the water like butter. The wave took me all 50 yards back to the shallow shoreline. Not realizing that I left my brother in the dust I turned around to say something but he wasn’t at my
