By Ron on April 18, 2009
Enter Darigold’s contest by April 30, 2009 and you and a companion could be headed for the beaches and waters of Hawaii, where you can lie in the sun and let your body make its own vitamin D.
There’s no purchase required and you must be 18 years or older to enter.
Grand Prize (1): Trip for [...]
Posted in Hawaii Sweepstakes | Tagged Darigold, Hawaii, Hawaii Sweepstakes
By Ron on March 26, 2009
Last week my wife felt like having a drink after work, so we decided to stop by Kim’s karaoke and have a couple drinks before heading to dinner. I had heard they had the best pupus in town.
The waitress stopped by and asked we wanted some pupus so we of course said yes, not [...]
Posted in Aloha | Tagged Coqui's, hilo, hilo hawaii, Kim's, Kim's karaoke, pupus
By Ron on February 23, 2009
We went over to Kona for our nieces baptism on Saturday. It was a good trip and a fun day visiting. Of course no trip to Kona is complete without a stop by the old airport so on our way home we swung by Old A for a few minutes. Just when I stood up [...]
Posted in Aloha | Tagged Kona, old A, old airport, whale watching, whales
By Ron on December 27, 2008
With all the rain falling the last couple of days (Hilo airport received 3″ in 24 hrs for Dec. 26) we couldn’t see the snow on Mauna Kea. So even though it was hidden behind all the rain clouds, we did have a white Christmas after all.
When I noticed we could see her today I [...]
Posted in Aloha | Tagged floods, Hawaii, mauna kea, snow
By Ron on December 26, 2008
The showers continue here in Hilo and over most of the east side of the Big Island. So much the National Weather Service has extended the flood warning a third time.
From the National Weather Service:
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN HONOLULU HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
THE ISLAND OF HAWAII IN HAWAII COUNTY
* UNTIL 745 [...]
Posted in Hawaii News | Tagged flood, Hawaii, high surf, warnings
By Ron on December 14, 2008
The current weather pattern has been pushing vog into Hilo for the last several days making it hard to breathe for those with allergies and asthma.
I caught this rainbow with my cellphone amongst the vog and the rain clouds a few days ago.
Posted in Vog | Tagged hilo, rainbow, Vog