Bart wrote on Sep 13^th, 2009 at 9:19pm:


Good Lord!  It would take a pound of candy for me to even attempt something like that.  Where do you guys get all the energy?

I'll take the dark.

Actually, it is surprising what energy and strength 10lbs of candy corn and peanuts chased with a few shots of Tequila can do

I've spent many a night staring into the glowing coals, deep in thought, but full of peace. For that connection, the 'effort' is well worth it.  If the smoke keeps the bugs at bay, so much the better.

My husband and I took 2 extended trips this year, and fire pits were a real issue.  We cook most of our suppers over a small fire with a small packable grill, and most of the firepits had become un-usable (over built, full of garbage and unburned wet logs.  When we entered for our second trip, we were given a Littlebug wood stove to try out and critique. It was awesome; takes very little wood, boiled water in less than three minutes, and we could add wood to create enough coals for doing a creditable job of frying fish, baking bannock, etc.  It burns wood down to a scant handful of fine ash; easy to dispose of.  On one island on Beaverhouse Lake, the firepit was completely unusable; we set our Littlebug on a flat rock, enjoyed a fine supper, and enough of a "campfire" to enjoy the rising full moon.  When we departed, it took minutes to clean up and leave no trace.

Puckster wrote on Sep 15^th, 2009 at 11:39pm:


Violent agreement???  Really?  So far it's you and wildernesswendy that make up the "Violent agreement"?  (I'm not clear what violence has to do with this though.  I think you mean "vehement" but it's still not accurate)  There is no fire-pit crisis folks.  If you don't like a fire-pit at your campsite, move it, take it down, whatever.  Its a pile of rocks people.  But, this is the typical response from the "Flower pot" crowd.  Rather than just doing something about it and silently moving on they feel it their duty to call who's ever in charge, form a committee, write some more rules, raise the price, restrict the use, play bureaucrat and then pat themselves on the back for "saving us" . . . . . . . from the fire-pit crisis.

I don't like big, ugly, or multiple fire pits either.  But rather than going "political" how about just shaking your head, shrugging your shoulders, rolling up the sleeves, put on some leather gloves and start tossing boulders back to where they came from.  Do we really want BW style fire grates in the Q?  Not me.

Sorry Mike, but I have to disagree with your assesment and solution on this matter.