Gladys is an attentive host who responded to all of my silly questions promptly. Her place a mile from a public beach, Kahalu'u state beach, where we snorkeled for the first time and we saw all kinds of tropical fish just moseying around there. Not a particularly pretty beach, but don't give up on sight. Just go out there and snorkel a little. It is completely different under the water.
Gladys' place is also a half mile from some a grocery store (KTA) and a drugstore (Longs / CVS) where we got milk for our baby, mac and cheese, tortilla chips and salsa, kimchee, rice, tofu, bread, cream cheese, and soy sauce. There are a couple of restaurants there too.
Gladys' place is about a 15-minute drive from a Courtyard Marriott hotel where the Atlantis submarine trips are organized. The adults in the family like snorkeling, but the kids were too afraid so we took them in the sub and they saw the fish through there. The kids loved Gladys' swimming pool, though. I was like, come on; you wanna pool, when there is this great beach? But there were like, Yeah!
I had to stop by Walmart one evening (another 15 minute drive from home), and I found that the Walmart parking lot has an ocean view! Ha ha. I saw a pretty cool vermilion sunset through the thin vog on the way home.
Special treat: on our way out, last day, we saw a gecko outside the bedroom window! Tiny, bright green, just sticking there. Cutie.