Now is the time of year that the evenings are pretty nice when the wind isn’t howling off the coast.  Occasionally we can even sit out in the evening and enjoy a barbeque, and a cool drink.  It’s also a time to brush up on the little things we take for granted like setting a tent up in the dark, testing out that new back packing stove, and giving that sleeping pad a tryout. 

My daughters have become enamoured with lighting a campfire and are keen to help clean up any sticks and twigs that may have blown into the yard that week.  They arrange their tinder and try their hand at lighting their creation.  good practice in case they are ever in a situation where a campfire will be necessary.  Siince they didn’t grow up with wood heat only, they don’t have the daily practice I did growing up.

Well it just became more enjoyable to start a campfire in the backyard.  Last Fathers Day, my gift was a beautiful, enclosed fire pit made by an FFA student at Orland High School in Glenn County, CA.  Now when the girls light a fire, I can get rid of the ashes with the pull-out ash drawer, and as the fire crackles I can be reminded of what awaits in the mountains of Wyoming this September.

we gave it it’s first good heat up this month..