This is a great location for exploring the Big Island's Northern places. This home is a great base for many nearby beaches and hikes. Also easy to pop over to the Hilo side and explore there as well. Beautiful mountain views and the sound of birds to wake you. Anything and everything you might need is near by; grocery, pharmacy, bike rentals, amazing Farmer Markets, restaurants and shopping. We enjoyed a great dinner at the Red Water Cafe - live jazz trio on Friday nights was a treat! The ohana itself was perfect for our family. My daughter fell in love with Miso the cat as well as the two Silkie chickens, Phoebe and Jo Jo. Thank you Annette for letting us interact with them! We went to the beach (nearly) everyday. Hapuna Beach is very close and is great for just about everything - enough surf for Boogie Boarding and enough sand for relaxing with a book. There are rentals there for beach chairs, beach umbrellas and boogie boards. We also enjoyed Spencer Beach Park just down at the bottom of the hill; calm waters for little ones, shade trees and lots of white sand. Annette and Chris were wonderful hosts; super quick on responding to inquiries and even let us know we had forgotten some things in time to go back and retrieve them! One day, they left us some fresh tangerines which were in season and oh-so-sweet! The fresh fruit, veggies and WOWZA avocados can't be beat! Thank you Annette and Chris so much for everything!