We left the Big Island the day the Mauna Loa eruption started. Our flight was delayed, and we arrived on the North Shore much later than we had anticipated. So, it was comforting when the check-in details were complete and accurate. We drove from HNL airport, put the code in the gate, retrieved the key and started to relax! Perhaps it was the time of the year (Monday after Thanksgiving) but we heard only silence for our whole stay, except for a few minutes of leaf blowers several units away. I had heard good things about North Shore Oahu in 1998, so I had waited a long time to see it for myself - not disappointed.