Back in the saddle again.....

And that would be travelling over the Saddle Road, high up between the two old volcanoes, Mauna Kea which means white mountain and Mauna Loa which translates to Long low mountain.  As we drove and reached the military base we could see clouds gathering, like right at road level and sure enough it sprinkled or rained as we made our way closer to Hilo side.  Upon arriving in Hilo the rain let up and we were dry all the time we were there.  We viewed both sides of the market and bought a couple of things.  It was very muggy having rained before we arrived. 

Leaving the market (we were very fortunate finding a parking space right beside the venders!). We went looking for a bakery called Lanky's where we were directed to buy Monkey Bread, did that and drove down to the ocean to Queen Liliuokalani garden, which is so beautiful and peaceful and done as a Japanese garden.  We strolled around and took lots of photos, some of which I'll post below.  Finishing our explorations there we visited the Tsunami museum.  More on that later...