Can I vent while we sit around the campfire ?

I've had the same Kenmore washer and dryer in my laundry room for nearly 30 years, which is really more than I could have expected. So when the dryer was still turning but quit drying, I figured it was time to buy a new set. When I pulled the dryer out from the wall, I found that when the installers had attached the exhaust hose to the outside vent about 6 inches away, they used a six foot long hose. The hose was just clogged with 30 years of lint. That turned into a 30 minute repair job. If it lasts another 30 years, it will have outlived me.