We had planned on staying over at Maile House & visiting the black sand beach & green sand beach & other sites Julia had been so kind to tell us about, however after visiting the volcano national park & Kilauea our arrival was late. Julia left the lights on for us to ease finding the house & when we arrived we were amazed at how beautiful her home really is - the pictures don't do it justice. It is an older home, but has a welcome feeling & large rooms - the bedrooms were large & beds comfortable, kitchen had everything we needed to cook our food we purchased at the local quick store. It was a little windy that night & windows rattled a little, but Mike provided us with some shims in case we needed to wedge them to stop the rattling - we did not need them. We were running low on gas & Julia went out of her way to call a gas station about 12 miles away to verify they were open as the local one had closed & might not be open before our 6 a.m. departure time. We would stay at Julia's again & next time we hope to actually get to visit the local beaches. Thank you Julia & Mike!