Boycott “No Campfires”

westernrvparkowner wrote:

Deb and Ed M wrote:

westernrvparkowner wrote:


"No open flames" is our policy and it works for us.

I'm just curious, not trying to start arguments - why did you arrive at this policy? Are you in a heavily wooded area?

Not heavily wooded, but we do have some trees around.
Montana law holds that the total liability for a forest fire will rest with the person or entity that started the fire. A forest fire can cost millions of dollars to extinguish. Plus a forest fire doesn't have to start in the middle of a dense forest, they often begin in clearings and we have areas where there are adjacent hillsides and bluffs with range grass that is tinder dry in the heat of the summer.
But is really came down to in park experiences. Replace enough scorched and melted picnic tables and have a trash bin area catch on fire due to people dumping hot coals into a plastic trash barrel you start to think about changing things. Then you have a group of people with a propane pit allowing their children to ignite branches they have broken off the nearby trees. They then proceeded to allow them to dance around waving them as if they were Fourth of July Sparklers with embers flying everywhere. That is the time for a policy that puts an end to all the nonsense. We went full on no open flames because we didn't want to argue about what is acceptable and what is not. There are surely people who make other reservations due to that policy, but there plenty of people who either accept it grudgingly, don't care one way or the other (vast majority, I believe) or welcome it with open arms. It's been 10+ years and we haven't gone out of business yet.

Kids can't play with ignited branches?
I guess I can understand that in today's society but that was part of growing up and enjoying a campfire.
I don't remember any of us burning down the village because of it.
Do you ban people from smoking too?
And not because they might be on fire