MLK Peacock Flat Camping

Went camping with the MLK crew for the holiday weekend. Luckly both Joni and I got a holiday day for this one and didn't have to take time off work (unusual I do not get holidays like this it seems, next one for me isn't until Memorial Day I think). Anyway, the MLK crew has been doing adventures on the MLK weekend for many years now. Somehow we had the good fortune of getting invited this year. The crew stayed on Oahu this year and so we just drove up to the North Shore and headed into the mountains - a state campground known as Peacock Flats at an elevation of roughly 1,700 feet. Here are some photos of the trip.

This is the entrance gate down at Farrington Highway. Luckly for us, MLK master organizer Michael Constantinedes is a forester for the DLNR and was able to (a) get us reservations at the campground, and (b) get a key to the gate so we could just drive up the paved road rather than bump over the 4WD road that starts on the West Side.

Our first day up there we did a hike (1.35 miles each way) up to the ridge between the North Shore and the West Side. Ate lunch looking down into Makua Valley.

One the way down back to camp the boys took a break and Joni caught them with the camera.

Was also Rylan's 4th birthday during the MLK trip. Camping on your birthday with your best friend - he seemed to love it. I like this shot because you can see his best friend Liko in the left corner trying to blow the candles too.

One tradition of the MLK group is doing a puzzle during the holiday. Everyone got caught up in it at one time or another. This is taken on the last night and we were able to finish it up the next morning before packing up.

Here I am with our tent. Up this high the forest is different than the typical dry forest down near the beach - nice Norfolk pines to cushion the ground. There was also a nice big grass-covered clearing off to the right of the photo where others put their tents and we had our meals and such.