Surprise by the AC guy!

This picture I took one day when Don and I were hiking a difficult beach. What's difficult about this hike is the gravel on the beach. It's not gravel like we know it. It's LOOSE rocks and when you walk on it, your feet sink down and you have to lift them out of the rocks with each step. It pulls on muscles that haven't been used for much of anything else in a lifetime, it seems. The water here was absolutely the most beautiful on the island in my opinion. This house is owned by the guy who invented the pacemaker. He has a full time staff of 5, who live on the property, who keep it in perfect condition. It was awesome. (Click on the picture to see more details.) Hawaii state law says that the public has to have access to all beaches, though, so we could walk there. We sat down at the picnic table right in front of Don and had our picnic lunch. It was a beautiful spot. They have a driveway to this house, but it's gated. There's no law that says they have to make it EASY for people to access the beaches, so it wasn't! It was worth the hike to get there, though. Keep in mind that this house is sitting out on the beach, but all around it for miles is nothing but black lava. Up and down the beach are a few other houses that aren't nearly this nice, but none too close. They are all very nice; this is just the biggest one. I'll post pictures of some of the others in days to come.

We had a nice surprise today! The AC guy called and said they'd finished up a job early, so they'd start on our job early this afternoon if it was okay. Okay??? I was thrilled to get them started! So, I think we'll have AC by Friday for sure. This makes me a really happy camper!

Everything is going smoothly here and we still haven't seen any more mice since Saturday. I think the eviction may be done! I thank God that we're getting our house back into home as we know it! Whew! I am so grateful to have home; people think we must not like it because we travel so much, but that's not so. We just like to travel; we still love home and are grateful for it.