Is there anything as great as standing around a campfire on a cool evening? It is a great feeling to warm up the front of your body, then turn around and warm up your backside until you are nice and toasty warm. Sitting around a nice campfire with friends and family, toasting marshmallows, cooking hot dogs and breathing fresh air while you watch the glow of the fire is one of those moments that you just cannot beat!
Enjoying a campfire and knowing how to make a campfire are two different issues all together. Some people seem to be able to start a fire without any problems and then others seem to try and try and cannot get a campfire going, no matter how hard they try. There are a few tricks that might help you get started.
First, choose your spot. Be sure to choose wisely and think safety first. The area you choose should be away from dry grass, tree limbs, and any other debris. It is also important that it is far enough away from tents and screen houses to prevent a spark from blowing into one of them and melting a hole - or worse.
If you did not bring wood, you can normally find kindling size sticks and plenty of wood in the wooded area nearby. If there is no wooded area and you did not bring any, you can usually find a place to buy some, either a road side seller or small store.
One of the mistakes that many make is that they do not think small enough. When starting your fire, you want to use a gentle touch and start your fire with newspaper, pine needles, dry leaves, or any other item that will catch fire easily, placed under a small pile of little sticks and twigs. When the small fire is flickering and the sticks have caught fire, you can add larger sticks to it. As the fire grows, you can continue to add larger pieces of wood until you have made the fire as big as you want it.
Building a great fire is really all about common sense. Start with a small fire and add wood however you want, to make the fire you want to have. Be sure to keep your fire at a reasonable level so that it does not get out of control on you. Then sit back and enjoy the great outdoors!
If you have any tips to starting a great campfire, feel free to comment and let us know! We would love to hear your ideas.
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