Fire and rain...

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I love a campfire.  Unfortunately every trip we've taken the closest I've gotten was when I managed to cook a few pork tenderloin cutlets over a fire in my cast iron skillet.

Mostly it's been an issue of wood and weather.  Many places don't let you bring wood, due to the risk of certain insects and other tree health related things.  The other factor is rain.  When I have taken the step to get wood, either from a local market or the campground, I've had to spend more time in the camper due to rain.  Most of our trips tend to be in the early part of the season or later in the season, so Spring and Fall rains tend to be the norm.

This year I spend a lot of time on You Tube watching videos on how to start fires even in bad conditions.  I was in the Boy Scouts as a kid, so I have had experience with these sorts of things, and I recalled a lot of those skills, but practical application of knowledge is the only way to really get good at it.

We bought a fire pit for the back yard, mainly I did this so I could practice my fire building skills but also to spend a little quality time with the wife enjoying a fire.

I wanted something simple that would give me a place to make a fire, and enjoy that experience so that I could hone the skills to do it at a campground.  So far it's been too rainy here at home to practice much, of course, but I did get some wood and take some time with my hatchet to process it and get some practice doing that.

The sorts of fire pits I tend to see at campgrounds are like the one blow.  Too many of them are uneven though, which makes me wonder if that requires a little different approach to making a fire.

It seems that cooking over these types of fire pits isn't the main focus, even though many of them have a cooking grate.  Still, I want to get some more practice so that I can have a roaring campfire like the person next to us at the campground.  It's outdoor TV.  It only gets one channel, but everyone watches it.

Until next time, keep enjoying your RV lifestyle.  Let me know in the comments if there are any special tricks ot tips you have for campground fires.  I'd love to know your thoughts and experiences.

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