Campfires: Love them or hate them?

Love them :)

Put me down for a "sort of". I have to admit it is very pleasant to sit by the campfire with an adult beverage and nice cigar and enjoy the company and conversation. But I do not care for the smell of smoke (either campfire or cigar!) on my clothes and in the trailer.

My real preference is to be set up somewhere where it is too warm to want for a campfire! Sit there in shorts and tee shirt and watch the moonlight shimmer on the water .......

Camp fires make everything smell like smoke. Solution buy the product
CAMPFIRE IN A CAN. Check out the web site. Great product. Great big campfire but no smoke no smell. Uses propane.

Folks who have a problem with campfires probably need to be looking for a different recreational activity.

It's not a properly lite CG, it's campers who don't know how to start them, put them out and burn their garbage in them.

yup campfires are synonymous with RV'ing and having a good time come nightfall. A good burning campfire that is.

EXCEPT:
When people do not know how to start a fire, burn plastics and garbage in the fire pits, don't know how to put a fire out and let it smoke and smoke and smoke, etc. etc. etc. And all of us campfire lovers know darn straight this is usually not the exception but the norm at CG's.

Those of us who DO know how to build and maintain a good fire I think are the ones that are the most disturbed by being parked in close quarters to these garbage riddled smoking fire pits at a CG.

No I do not enjoy pulling into a CG for the night and not being able to breath and having to roll up my windows because the neighbor camper has chosen to give up trying to get his campfire lit and is leaving it smoke and smolder all night long.

Over the years I have seen more and more CG's changing their campfire policy to 'no campfires'.

Common courtesy and some smarts about building and lighting a clean burning fire is what is really needed. You don't have either one don't start a fire in a CG.

Love'em have one every trip if permitted.

It depends on what we are doing. When we go camping we always have a campfire with something cooking over it in one of my many different cast iron pots, maybe pinto beans and ham, maybe chili or a big pot of beef stew. Then set a dutch oven or two on the edge of the fire for some Jalapeno Cornbread or biscuits.

Sometimes we go to or near a big city and stay at an RV park in our home on wheels. This is not camping so a campfire is not required. We don't do hotels so this kind of park is ok as well when necessary. Some of these parks allow fires as long as they are not on the ground. I carry a small fireplace and some wood (split oak lumber so I don't get in trouble for transporting firewood) with me. Sometimes we do have a small fire at one of these parks but I always ask my neighbor if it will bother them. If they came here because they do not like fires then I will respect that but if it is a campground with a fire ring then anyone there should expect for campfires to be all around them.

JMO-you mileage may vary.

Scoresheet:

Yes: 16
No: 5
Sort of: 3
Yes, and with editorial comment: "You shouldn't be camping if you do not": 4

To me a campfire is part of camping, I couldn't imagine Camping without a campfire.

Bob in Calif.

Hate them.

gbopp wrote:
Do a google search, there are RV Campgrounds where campfires are not allowed. Here's one.

That is an RV park, not a campground.

It is a camp-fire, not a park-fire or resort-fire. If you don't like them maybe you should go to parks or resorts. :)