Campfires can you do without?

[Less_Stuff]

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 occasion.
Must be something to do with human evolution that so many must have a fire or they are not camping.

Yet I think campfires and fire rings in remote places are unsightly, smelly, and just generally disagreeable.

[weathershak]

Cant do without. Nothing like a good steak and potato on the fire.




Then later that night...:B

[profdant139]

First, what's with all the grouchiness here?? Boondockers are mellow, right?

Second, to each his own.

Third, we never have a campfire when boondocking -- too much risk of an ember blowing away and causing a forest fire. We are almost always camped in heavy timber, with breezy conditions. The Far West is almost always dry, dry, dry.

And then when we are in a campground, we are not allowed to gather downed wood, I never remember to bring our own, I am too cheap to buy a bundle of wood, and we are usually too tired after a day of hiking.

Fourth, we have a campfire several nights a week -- at home, on our patio! (We eat breakfast and dinner outside most of the year -- we live in coastal Southern Calif, with no bugs, no rain, dry, sunny, and boring weather.) And on chilly mornings, we sometimes have a fire with breakfast. So camping provides a welcome break from all of those fires!

[fla-gypsy]

I love and regularly have a good campfire even in summer in Florida.

[cmarq]

We used to have a campfire, but now hauling wood, restrictions on going out of state with firewood and the cost, we went with a propane camp fire. There are several sizes we chose one of the larger ones. It works and looks great. Grand kids can have marshmellows and hot dogs. No mess to clean up. It doesn't use that much propane. Sam's club has a nice one around $99.00

[Terryallan]

Lots of Stuff wrote:

wildwest450 wrote:

Lots of Stuff wrote:
Yet I think campfires and fire rings in remote places are unsightly, smelly, and just generally disagreeable.

One question, who cares what you think? Stay home curled up in a hateful ball.

Beach in Mexico with no evidence of campfires.


Campsite in Idaho with no evidence of a campfire.


Camped in a very remote spot right on the North rim of the Grand Caynon,
See the old fire ring?
Add or subtract from the sight ?


I'm very glad we only leave tire tracks and footprints.
Peace Bro.

If you are talking about that rock fireplace. Just looks ready to camp to me.
BTW. Where we camp On the Blue Ridge. We are not allowed to leave tire tracks. Highly frowned upon.

[rockhillmanor]

wildwest450 wrote:
One question, who cares what you think? Stay home curled up in a hateful ball.

Boy are YOU the hateful one. :R
Sounds like 'you' need to stay home and work on that attitude.

[Bumpyroad]

wildwest450 wrote:

Lots of Stuff wrote:
Yet I think campfires and fire rings in remote places are unsightly, smelly, and just generally disagreeable.

One question, who cares what you think? Stay home curled up in a hateful ball.

speaking of "hateful". its a pot kettle thing.
bumpy

[Less_Stuff]

wildwest450 wrote:

Lots of Stuff wrote:
Yet I think campfires and fire rings in remote places are unsightly, smelly, and just generally disagreeable.

One question, who cares what you think? Stay home curled up in a hateful ball.

Beach in Mexico with no evidence of campfires.


Campsite in Idaho with no evidence of a campfire.


Camped in a very remote spot right on the North rim of the Grand Caynon,
See the old fire ring?
Add or subtract from the sight ?


I'm very glad we only leave tire tracks and footprints.
Peace Bro.

[nypatnva]

Always have a campfire. We cook on the fire pit at the campsite and a pork chop on a wood fire can't be beat. But I hate having to clean out the beer cans, cigarette butts and plastic plates. The last campsite we stayed at, I took out ten Walmart/grocery bags from the pit. People don't know the danger of inhaling the fumes when they burn the camping trash in the fire pit let alone the environment. Do you grill on a burning barrel, then why burn trash in the fire pit?

[dcason]

We have heated with wood my whole married life...so a campfire doesn't hold much magic for us. And because sometimes we are on the road working...I don't want to smell like smoke...although I like the
smell.
Donna

[SCVJeff]

ford truck guy wrote:
I got the beer.. Who has the popcorn !?

FYI... Health reasons now prohibit me from being close to a campfire 😞

Sorry I'm late. Mr. Ranger wouldn't let me fire up the popper. Quiet time in the CG don't ya know..


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[2gypsies1]

Please remember that a campfire is not really put out unless you can put your hand into it.

We had to make the 911 call once to report the campground on fire because the camper left a short time previously and didn't fully extinguish the coals. The flames started again and sparks flew out of the ring onto pine needles and within minutes the fire was traveling through the campground.

Everyone had to vacate and it took six hours to put out the fire as it traveled up a hillside. The campground was then closed down for the rest of the summer season.

[dadwolf2]

Growing up in the midwest, camping and campfires were one in the same. Having spent my adult life out west now and having camped a lot in Nevada and Arizona I have pretty much given up on campfires. Seems like there is always a fire restriction anyway. Now that I've done without them I don't miss the smoky clothes smell, but I still miss them.

[wildwest450]

Lots of Stuff wrote:
Yet I think campfires and fire rings in remote places are unsightly, smelly, and just generally disagreeable.

One question, who cares what you think? Stay home curled up in a hateful ball.

[John___Angela]

If there is a fire ban we go this route. MOST but not all the time these are allowed when there is an open fire ban as they are considered a barbecue. If it gets too dry they ban these as well but I have only seen it happen once in the last 4 years. You can put these on an ordinary camping mat and it doesn't even get warm.