Campfires: Love them or hate them?
For some, campfires mean bedtime stories, roasted hot dogs and marshmallows. For my wife and me, on a recent overnight at Lathrop State Park near Walsenburg CO, campfire smoke meant sneezing, itchy ey...
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DW and I love the campfire. BUT, I use well seasoned wood. Way too many times I've seen people trying to get a fire going with wet or green wood. All ya get is smoke.
It also helps to keep the fire pit cleaned out. Fire needs oxygen. The fire rings I've seen at most CG's are solid with no air holes. I have a few fire brick under the ring of mine to keep it off the ground. Gives it a good air flow and a cleaner burn.
Last yr we had a weekender(we are seasonal) a few site from us try for what seemed like a hr to get his fire going with wet wood. The thick smoke happened to be blowing directly at us. I took a handfull of dry wood over to him. Had him toss a piece of his wet wood in once in a while to make the dry last longer.
Thier kids were happy they could finaly make smores.
It also helps to keep the fire pit cleaned out. Fire needs oxygen. The fire rings I've seen at most CG's are solid with no air holes. I have a few fire brick under the ring of mine to keep it off the ground. Gives it a good air flow and a cleaner burn.
Last yr we had a weekender(we are seasonal) a few site from us try for what seemed like a hr to get his fire going with wet wood. The thick smoke happened to be blowing directly at us. I took a handfull of dry wood over to him. Had him toss a piece of his wet wood in once in a while to make the dry last longer.
Thier kids were happy they could finaly make smores.
