Here is Georgia we've had a fire ban all summer and now with the drought in crisis mode we have that to contend with as well, but I'll have to say we don't care much for a fire when it's already 80 - 90+ degrees outside, so we didn't miss them this summer. Now this fall it would have been nice, but here in Georgia they will allow us to use charcoal for cooking, the portable propane "fires", and even the screened firepits like people use on their patios, so it's not a complete ban. Was pricing those screened firepits at the local hardware box stores and they run about $50 - 150 depending on how elaborate you want the thing. The one thing that is holding me back on the purchase though is storage...those things aren't too compact and they'll be sooty, so don't know how or where I'd put it.
Anyway...you might check to see if they specifically ban ALL fires, you may have some options! Have a great trip.
We camped in the NC mountains last weekend after the burn ban was put back on here. I could not beieve how many folks in the campground had fires going.
Fortunately there had been a good amount of rainfall in the area that day, so I was able to sleep pretty good anyway.
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SparkyTX wrote: Don't mean to sound rude or judgemental, but I personally believe you are being very careless and an example of the bad kind of RVer when it comes to enjoying and appreciating nature.
..I see how my post may have come across that way. It could also be argued that you sound like one of the 'fire police', that thinks nobody should ever have any kind of fire ever, except LP fueled for cooking. We wont go there, though.
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I don't think he was being rude or judgmental... but took a legitimate position on this...
nor do I believe you are a careless rule breaker, but your post did sound like you weren't taking the problem seriously and if you were ever close enough to a wild fire, as I have been, it takes on a whole new meaning...
on the fire pit you have... I had one very similar except mine had a attachment for one pound LP bottles for starting the wood... mine also had a lid, but I can tell you when the wood pops and in certain wind conditions sparks can and do fly out of them, and I would understand if they were included in the fire ban with anything but charcoal in them... mine is long gone now, but they are nice units...
that doesn't diminish your opinion, just makes it different than mine, or that of the other poster...
if there is a park ranger and he didn't see a problem, there probably wasn't...
perhaps there was a misunderstanding here, but opposing views doesn't make one wrong or the other one right... other readers will form their own opinions based on all views presented...
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