Even if I never make it back to the islands, I will forever have the memories of being a tanly-challenged kid from Boulder City who got to live the tropical dream. A dream that now in my mind does not ...

The property was once owned by the late William Kimi Jr. — a well-known businessman on Hawaii Island — and was long known as Uncle Billy’s Kona Bay Hotel.

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