“Mana Camp” was located on the left just past the Pacific Missile Range Facility and just across from the dirt road that takes you to Polihale State Beach Park. Here is a online map of the location http://hawaii.hometownlocator.com/hi/kauai/mana.cfm. Today, all is left is a field of bushes and weeds but you may still be able to see some mango trees around the area where plantation style houses used to stand. This little camp had a general store and a swimming pool, yes a good size one at that where families used to frequent just to get out of the searing heat which this place was noted for. My in-laws came here from the mainland and lived with their family who worked for the Kekaha sugar company. They eventually earned enough money so they could purchase a house and moved to Kekaha. My guess is this is one of the reasons which lead to the demise of Mana camp. That and also the closing of the Kekaha Sugar Mill contributed to the disappearance of this once bustling community. The families who lived here were a very close knit community and they once held a reunion a while back just to get together and talk story about the good old days living in Mana Camp.
The cache is located just outside of the Kawaiele Waterbird Sanctuary. It's not very well known and out of the way. Driving down Mana Stretch you will past the Syngenta compound, the Mana raceway entry road, the Kekaha Landfill, a shrimp farm and the PMRF Main gate entrance. You do not need to enter the sanctuary to get to the cache. But you should still visit the sanctuary while you are here and hopefully you get lucky enough to view some of the species who frequent this place. Make sure to bring a pen to sign the log. I have placed my Path Tag for the FTF. You can keep it but please log it @ pathtag,com . Thank you and Happy huntng!
Congrats to Beakyj on the FTF. Also a solo!