Where I'll be camping next weekend

Finished with my annual audit!!

So I had a little bit of time after my audit to scout out the campsite, since we haven't been to this one before.

I wish I had more time to spend there yesterday. Maybe brew up some tea or coffee and sit overlooking the lake. But I only had time for a quick look see and just made it back in time to take my daughter to her soccer practice.

My favorite spot at the camp site.

You lucky dog you...

IS THAT REAL? If so, I'd watch out for Raptors if I were you.

I feel blessed OBG!

That's all real Troglodyte007.

Don't worry about the Raptors, we keep them on this island.



You are actually quite astute. There is a large "raptor" population the haunts the lake area.



The geese are especially aggressive. They will peck at little kids' faces.

This looks like Hoomaluhia park. It looks like windward sprinkle and showers for the next couple of days. Ready to test the rain gear?

I'm jealous of both the amount of time you manage to go camping, and the locale! LOL

Have a good trip!

Good eye Onedzguy. This is Kahua Kuou in Ho`omaluhia.

We camp at Ho`omaluhia about once a month and over the past several years, maybe once or twice we didn't get rain. Thanks for the warning though, but we are pretty used to it...even the moms and kids. This is our first time at Kahua Kuou though and it is pretty big. The kids are going to have a blast!

We usually set up a large canopied area for group gatherings and for everyone to duck under when the rain inevitably comes. Then we still have more of a community versus everyone ducking into there own tents. Sometimes the rain is pretty darn heavy with some strong winds too. We keep our food and cooking stuff under the canopy so the weather doesn't stop us from the all important eating, drinking (non-alchohol), and being merry.

I have practiced making fire in the rain there too and found that having a base is very important, then I teepee the larger firewood over the base, then build my tinder bundle and pile kindling on the tinder under the firewood. The firewood works kind of like an umbrella to keep the other stuff dry and alights even though it is raining. When it's really wet, I'll stick some fatwood in with the kindling. That really helps.

Nicodemus, don't be jealous. Just come and join us.

By the way, Onedzguy, are you in Hawaii?

This is the far side of the lake.

Yes. I used to be with the Farrington HS Hiking Club back in my high school days.

That's great. Where are you now? I live in Pearl City.

As well you should. Soon as we can find a cruise ship with a freestyle sundeck heading for the islands, we may come join you...

That sound great OBG. Don't forget the freestyle pictures.

Sadly, all of the pics are in my head...

That would only be sad if the pictures aren't good, or they were great and you forget.

Oh, there are some great ones in my mind. The sad part is that I can't share them...

While you can't show the picture, you can paint it for us with a story...if it won't get you into too much trouble.

"...if it won't get you into too much trouble..."

It probably would...

Then good pictures indeed!

Not far away. Waipahu.

Hey, aren't birds supposed to be decedents of the dinosaurs and specifically the velocirapters and t-rex. When they said "hen-pecked" back in the Jurassic era, they really meant it as a bad thing!!!

If I were you, I'd be at least as concerned about "smoke monsters" (from the show Lost) as I would about rapters!

Onedzguy...check your PM

Sorry Roarmeister, I don't watch much TV at all. Just the occasional sports and some movies with the wife.

What's a "smoke monsters?"

One thing I am bummed about is that I won't be making a haunted forest for the kids after all.

Just as I was about to check out after selecting all the cool stuff like skulls, spiders, blood and other creepy stuff, my wife calls and tells me one of the moms is worried the haunted forest is going to scare her kids. Well duh!

Anyway, her kids are waay sheltered and coddled. So I go back and put all my goodies back on the shelves. I didn't feel like decorating any more when my wife mentioned orange streamers and stuff. So I told her the wives can decorate and I went back to my dark, dank, cobwebbed dungeon, otherwise known as my office.

A smoke monster would probably be cool for trick or treating.