Beginnings

David writes:

Katie lived in Hawaii for four years when her father, who was in the Air Force, was stationed there back in 1959-63. During that time, Hawaii became the 50th state and Kilauea Iki erupted. She fell in love with the Islands and made a promise to herself to return someday....and live there if the gods agreed. In 2005, she bought two one-acre lots in Mountain View on the Big Island. The lots are in Eden Roc which is a rural subdivision on the south slope of Mauna Loa only 15 miles from Volcano National Park. She chose that locale for a lot of reasons... one was the price...land on the Hilo side of the Big Island is still relatively cheap...but she was also attracted to "aloha spirit" there, the feeling of community, the slower pace of life, the privacy, and the sheer beauty and diversity of the island.