Lava spewing from a volcano has been creeping towards Jack Thompson's Hawaiian home for years.<br/> <br />He's the last of nearly 200 people who once lived in the Royal Gardens district of the Big Island.<br/> <br />Now the molten lava has crept too close for comfort and Thompson says he's ready to admit defeat.<br/> <br />SOUNDBITE: Jack Thompson saying (English):<br/> <br />"I'm leaving almost everything because I figured a long time ago it was already donated to the mountain whatever happens. I'm just taking odds and ends."<br/> <br />The huge lava flow stopped right behind Thompson's home after he built it here in 1983.<br/> <br />Over more than a quarter of a century the lava's been slowly gobbling up land.<br/> <br />The road's gone...helicopters are the only way in or out.<br/> <br />Thomson says in some ways he'll be glad to go.<br/> <br />SOUNDBITE: Jack Thompson saying (English):<br/> <br />"A little bit of regret, a little bit of sorrow, a little bit of relief. I've been packing in here for years, maybe I won't have to do that any more. I'll do something else."<br/> <br />How much longer Thompson's house will survive is anyone's guess but it looks more like days than weeks.<br/> <br />Paul Chapman, Reuters
