Small World

We got back around 6:30 p.m. and had a fish fry at Elder and Sister Hobbs home at 7:00 p.m. It was for the maintenance crew and their wives.

An interesting thing happened while we were there. There were about 10-12 couples and we knew most of them. Bro Hobbs introduced us to his friend and life long business partner in the mink raising business, Gary Egbert. He was there alone and ate with us. He had recently been to Alaska salmon fishing and had brought back this salmon which we were having for the fish fry. It was really delicious! During the meal Bob came to me and said that Gary had a large home here that he needed house sitters for towards the end of the week, (Thur. to Sun.), and wondered if we were interested. He and his wife were going to the mainland for a few days and did not want to leave the house empty. After talking about it we decided not to do it as we will be trying to get settled into our new apartment and need time to do that. (We sure wish it had been this past week while we have been in the Laie Inn!) . Anyway, we were talking to him and he said, “You ought to come and stay in it just to see what a really nice home is, it has 7 bedrooms, ocean front, etc.”. We again declined but ask him where it was located. He said, “The first home next to the Hukilai Beach.” Bob and I looked at each other in surprise and Bro. Hobbs said, “We used to have a share in that house also but we sold it about two years ago!” Yup, it is Rick and Teressa’s time share house! Gary Egbert is one of the owners and said the last caretakers had had enough and wanted to go back to Alaska, so he and his wife moved into the caretakers apt. to be in charge for a while. When we told him who we were he said, “The Millers? Teressa is your daughter?” What a small world, huh?