Starting Campfires

Wednesday, July 30, 2014

If you're going camping, there pretty much has to be a fire (and if there's a fire, you should pretty much have a gallon of water on hand to put it out). This has been our approach to getting a fire going. Step 1 in acquiring a stomach full of s'mores.

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Make sure your fire ring has proper air flow (i.e., air needs access to the fire). Sometimes, we do this by propping the fire ring up on rocks. Sometimes, that is not necessary.

Gather your flammable things. Paper, egg cartons, dryer lint, vaseline-coated cotton balls, etc. etc. Also, collect some moderately-flammable things, like dry twigs.

Pile up your flammable things. Go big or go home!

Light the fire starter.

As the twigs catch, add logs in a log-cabin style (or, if you get desperate, throw a duraflame log on the twigs)

Keep piling up logs, as necessary. Be sure to blow onto the flames to make sure they get enough oxygen.

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