Campfires can you do without?
Wild Fire season looks to be a long one this year. So can you camp without a campfire? I can and do most of the time. Alas the wife loves a fire so to please her we oxidize a little wood on occ...
Forum Discussion
I ask permission from contractors to gather up their OSB (Oriented Strand Board ) trims from construction sites .
With my 12 inch mitre saw I cut these OSB trims perfectly to nest in a cardboard box .
I carry a couple of boxes of OSB trims in my pickup bed and augment that with a Duraflame Log that I have sawn in quarters .
In the shoulder seasons I use the 1 /4 duraflame as my firestarter . I don't use it much in summer.
I augment this with the (usually wet ) wood that I find near our campsite .
If the fire starts smoking I place an OSB square on top of the smoky fire.
The OSB reflects the heat down and the fire stops smoking immediately .
We camp mostly with no hookups . In the NFS , BLM , NPS , sites we use the steel ring of course.
We boondock camp, always with friends . We always find the perfect spot and the Elk / Deer hunters have already formed a rock fire ring that we use .
We have a campfire every morning and every night . It is an attraction point for our fellow campers . We toast our english muffins and sausage in the am , and our s'mores in the evening over the fire .
"Without a fire , it is just RV'ing "
With my 12 inch mitre saw I cut these OSB trims perfectly to nest in a cardboard box .
I carry a couple of boxes of OSB trims in my pickup bed and augment that with a Duraflame Log that I have sawn in quarters .
In the shoulder seasons I use the 1 /4 duraflame as my firestarter . I don't use it much in summer.
I augment this with the (usually wet ) wood that I find near our campsite .
If the fire starts smoking I place an OSB square on top of the smoky fire.
The OSB reflects the heat down and the fire stops smoking immediately .
We camp mostly with no hookups . In the NFS , BLM , NPS , sites we use the steel ring of course.
We boondock camp, always with friends . We always find the perfect spot and the Elk / Deer hunters have already formed a rock fire ring that we use .
We have a campfire every morning and every night . It is an attraction point for our fellow campers . We toast our english muffins and sausage in the am , and our s'mores in the evening over the fire .
"Without a fire , it is just RV'ing "
