Hilo, Hawaii

We moved to Hilo, Hawaii in January, 2009 to work for the U.S. Forest Service. The project we are working on will take us to Polynesia, Micronesia, and Indonesia (and perhaps other locales) to study interactions between tropical mangrove / peat swamp ...

A year ago we visited Alaska. It took an Alaskan to remind us we had chosen to spend our 49th anniversary in our 49th state. That thought had never occurred to us. Now, nothing else would do but to spend our 50th anniversary in our 50th state, ...

... it had us all going. And Chloe was what the hell!!!! MUM lol. Anyway off we went after preceding through emigration, up to old Hilo city not a lot there as it was wiped out in the 1970s tsunami so they decided not to rebuild as it was too dangerous and ...

... Up early I took a brief walk through LiLiuokalani Park, beautiful, and a real reflection of the Japanese influence on Hawaii. I went to the Hilo Farmers’ Market where, speaking of Japanese influence, I saw not only a lovely array of local fruits and ...

... is thrilled to have it and it is, in fact, too loud in the car.    Before we head out of Hilo on our way to Volcano, Hawaii, we stop to see the King Kamehameha statue in Bayfront Park.  Signs near the statue show the timeline of his rule ...