She's 'dah boss!

Escape to Extraordinary is a vacation rental program owned and operated by Carole and David Kwiat on the Big Island of Hawaii.

Carole was born in Illinois in 1955, but subsequently, moved to Kalamazoo, Michigan, where she grew up and met David. After graduating as Valedictorian from Kalamazoo Central High School in 1973, she attended Western Michigan University and graduated in 1977. She married David in July 1977 and they moved to Oklahoma City where she did her student teaching in the Putnam City School district. She taught at the third and fourth grade levels for eleven years before moving to Shelbyville, IL, and becoming the office manager for her husband’s private practice which she ran for fourteen years. Carole and David have three children–Jeff, Jason, and Chelsea–all born native Okies!

Jason and Jeff

In 2002, she lived her dream and moved to the Big Island of Hawaii where she began her third career in Real Estate sales. She received her broker’s license in 2006 and was employed by Coldwell Banker Big Island Properties. After discovering that she really enjoyed doing vacation rentals, she branched out into that area and now specializes in property management for the Kona and Kohala districts as well as real estate sales. When Coldwell Banker merged with MacArthur-Sotheby’s in January 2009, Carole began her own real estate company, Escape to Extraordinary.

Carole is a die-hard Oklahoma Sooners fan (so, don’t call when the game’s on!). The only thing that Carole has loved more than the Sooners (other than her kids, that is) have been her Golden Retriever dogs, Griffey (now deceased), Ruby, and Trooper.

David was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, in 1955, and graduated from Mattawan High School in 1973. After graduation from Kalamazoo College in 1977, he married Carole and moved to Oklahoma City where he attended the University of Oklahoma for the next 100 (just seemed like it!) 11 years. He received a Master’s Degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in 1980 and a Medical Degree in 1985. After completing residency in Internal Medicine at the OU Health Sciences Department, he moved to Shelbyville, IL, (where Carole’s parents lived) and started a private medical practice (in a very rural area!). After fourteen years of private practice, he moved to the Big Island where he has worked at the Kaiser Kona clinic since 2002. David enjoys working on and with computers and has been Carole’s personal web site designer (the benefits are great!).

David and Carole have been living their dream since moving to the Big Island. One of our favorite pastimes is to sit on our lanai overlooking our coffee trees and the ocean from 1700 ft elevation on Hualalai. We enjoy photography and diving (try it–it’s amazing even if you’re scared to death to think of doing it!).  We hope to share paradise with everyone who has the same dreams…..

And....last, but not least, our daughter, Chelsea

David Kwiat