hey look at it this way...................we all gotta go, and going in paradise wouldnt be too bad! i havent connected w/either of my friends on big island nor maui yet by phone or e-mail. k-bay got its bell rung preettty good on this one. jesse colin young will probably have a song about it real soon, he lives on kona. pretty cool guy, got to sit in on his practice session in old 1920's theatre south of kona, went home changed, and came back for concert. he was damn good !