Summer Campfires

[hoppy]

Posted this topic on another forum, and got a lot of responses.

 Thought I would try it out here also.

  Anyone else out there besides me have a fire going in 85 degree heat on a summers night?

  Granted, it's not like the crankers that I have to stay warm during the winter months, just a small one for the effect.

   I tried on several occassions not to set one, but I always feel that I cheated myself during those trips.

[beancounter]

IMHO, camping without a campfire (regardless of temperature) is like camping without beer. :!  It just shouldn't be done!

[Dee4j]

IMHO, camping without a campfire (regardless of temperature) is like camping without beer. :!  It just shouldn't be done!

exactly what I was going to say!! Ask any of the "SCCampers"-So. Cal group

I always have a fire going and a beer in my hand  :!

[diggescampin]

We've overheard people say as they walked by our campsite..."a fire in this heat". As was stated above, camping without a campfire aint campin

[Campaholics]

I think it's in the Code of Federal Regulations or something. "Campers, when camping, are required to have a camp fire, at a camp site, in a camp ground, from approximately sun down until at least ten O'clock, with a choice of carbonated beverage, aka a cold one.  Telling fishing stories, remember whens, school escapades, and other outrageous tales while desirable, is not mandatory"

How can you possibly carry on a conversation in the evening without one?

Is it May yet??  I'm ready.

Bob

[tlhdoc]

Is it May yet?? I'm ready.
 
Bob

May, why wait so long?:yikes:  We start in March.
 
We don't have a fire every night on long trips, but a campfire is part of camping.

[Cheryl]

My DH has been known to have a campfire when the temps were 104 in the shade! As he calls a campfire "caveman TV" you all can understand. A campfire and a cold one are necessary ingredients for a good campout!
Cheryl

[ForestCreature]

Gotta have a fire, that's the camping rule!
 We do most of our cooking over the fire, without a fire we'd starve!
 With high temps we still have the fire, but the morning cooking gets done on the stove.
 
 Morning coffee isn't the same staring at an empty firepit  :morning:

[vjm1639]

We also do most of our cooking on the fire...and I'm in agreement on camping and campfire just go together. We've had them while sitting several feet away with a fan blowing on us! It's just...cozy. :>
 
 
Of course...more than once I've had a fire in the fireplace at home using a duraflame log with the airconditioner on!

[4campinfoxes]

Hoppy, my kids required one even when we were camping in 100 degree weather with blistering humitdity.  DH felt guilty about adding to the heat in the air!

Sharon

[tlhdoc]

DH felt guilty about adding to the heat in the air!
 
Sharon

But it is a dry heat.

[hoppy]

VJM1639,
I do the same thing with the fan. One trick I use is while I'm up getting a beer, I place my head in the cooler for a moment or two. This helps a lot.

4campinfoxes, (Sharon)
 Ah.... the things we do for our kids.

thldoc,
Isn't that what the people who live in AZ say?
You know, " It's hot out here..... but it's a dry heat"
Always laugh when I hear that one... Dry heat makes me think of being in a Blast Furnace.

 Great replies everyone.... keep them coming.

[camperkam]

Last August we had a great fire going.  Popped out the cell phone took a picture and I can go to what I call my happy place.  In the middle of that boring meeting at work or just having a trying day I pop open the cell phone & there's my fire ahhhhhhhhh! Great in all weather.


Kathy

[barbjeff]

Camping is not camping unless you have that campfire....the beer, or wine does just not taste as good with out it :!

[brainpause]

We love campfires too, no matter the temp. As long as I can get some of the dadburn wet wood to light! A whole lotta rain in the past couple of years has made it hard.

Larry