Hilo, HI
August 2007

Jammin Since 1971

Hosted by Tony

Next: Let Us Not Forget

We then cruised over to Ken's Pancake House which has been open Since 1971 I believe 24 hours a day, mostly.

Ken's serves breakfast ALL day and has specials like Taco night on Tuesdays. Very exciting and pretty much everything imaginable is on the menu. From good ole fashion comfort food to local favorites. A recipe for success.

The place was hoppin at lunch time so we didn't stay.

We headed over to Queen Liliuokalani Gardens next to Hilo's Bayfront. It is a 30 acre park. Queen Liliuokalani was Hawaii's last sovereign queen. There is some debate as to the wikipedia posting so I won't expand on this information.

It is a beautiful Japanese style garden with many fishponds, palm trees, a Japanese Tea House, a small gazebo and a sidewalk winding through the entire garden.

This place is very popular for picnicing and people walk & jog the sidewalk on the perimeter of the garden.

Within walking distance are the Hilo Hawaiian, Hawaii Naniloa & Uncle Billy's Hilo Bay Hotels, as well as, the great banyan trees on Banyan Drive.

It's a really neat place and we all enjoyed skipping across this stone bridge.

In the distance is downtown Hilo. We have spent a considerable amount of time down there checking out the many little shops & the farmers market.

Behind us is Coconut Island. HISTORY?

We dropped in on our friend Rich, on the right, working at the Hilo Airport Post Office for a final farewell and thanked him again for showing us around Volcano a few weeks ago.

He tried to get us a tour of the facility but the concept didn't fly with the powers that be I guess. Their lose. ;)

(Photos: Tony V./ Dialogue: Tony V.)