Camp Timberline offers fireworks refuge
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Advertiser Staff
Camp Timberline, a private, nonprofit campground and lodge in the Wai'anae Mountains above Makakilo, once again will offer a quiet, smoke-free refuge from New Year's Eve fireworks for asthma patients and families with young children.
Since 1999, at the urging of the American Lung Association, the camp has been a way for families to watch fireworks displays from the camp's 1,600-foot vantage point.
Fireworks, a long tradition in Hawai'i, supposedly date to an age when East Asians believed the noise would ward off evil spirits and bring good luck.
But every year firefighters, paramedics and emergency-room workers must gear up for a grueling night of fireworks-related difficulties.
Health workers recommend that people with respiratory ailments drink liquids, stay indoors and turn on air conditioners if possible.
Overnight holiday packages at the camp run $10 per person for tent camping and $23 for cabins. Add $5 per person for an all-you-can-eat pancake breakfast New Year's morning.
The fee includes use of the basketball, volleyball and tetherball courts, the Keiki Clubhouse, lodge and 150 acres of hiking trails. No pets or fireworks allowed.
For reservations or information, call 672-5441.
Correction: Camp Timberline is offering a smoke-free refuge from New Year’s Eve fireworks for asthma patients and families with young children. For reservations or information, call 672-5441. The telephone number was incomplete in a previous version of this story because of an editor’s error.
