Hey ericsmith32 I'm also from the KC area. I know exactly what your saying about the firewood. It seems like different campgrounds have different policy's. We camped with friends a couple weeks ago at a local campground and there policy is you have to purchase the firewood through them in order to have a campfire. We won't go into my opinion on that rule. We also camp at a state campground over in KS. and they only say the firewood must be purchased in the state of KS. Now do they police those policy's? It's anybody's guess.