A lovely place to stay, walking distance to the beach with lots of home amenities. For our large adult family, after a day of exploring we would return to the roomy kitchen to cook. We used the oven several times and were pleasantly surprised to find an Instant Pot, blender and Kitchen aid mixer. We purchased grocery from the local Walmart and Safeway but our produce was purchased from farmers markets. The Avocado's are amazing.
We also used the community BBQ and pool, lovely area.
The house and bedrooms stay very cool except for the downstairs bedroom, it was not as cool as the other bedrooms, even with the fan on, definitely not problem, just something worth noting.
In the closet near the front door we discovered beach supplies such as, boogie boards, beach towels and chairs! What a great find. We set up the volley ball net in the back and had a great game going on.
We explored many parts of the beautiful island, and if you chose to do so keep in mind, set and save your GPS while you are at Emily's as there is no service on the outer ends. If you are a zoo lover, you must visit https://www.hilozoo.org/ it's free!
On one of our beach trips, one of my children stepped on a Sea Urchin, a very unpleasant experience so wear water shoes when you are in the ocean. He was in shallow water at the time. Emily had Vinegar available, which is highly recommended when such a thing occurs. Thank you Emily for having that in your first aid area. You'll need more, we used the last bit.
If your stay includes lots of rain and you want to enjoy the back patio, move the seat cushions to a dry area or you will have very soggy cushions.
Bugs: Something that goes hand and hand with Hawaii, it's an island after all and very wet. After reading tons of reviews on what to expect, we were mentally prepared to deal with bugs in the house but, at Emily's place this is something that we did NOT have to deal with. Not even an ant. We didn't want to push our luck so we kept the kitchen counters very clean.
Between the beautiful Island and Emily's place, we had a fabulous vacation!
Thank you Emily.