I love the smell of a nice wood fire, But not ALL day, 24/7. I also, like the smell of bacon cooking, and coffee brewing in the morning. NOT your fire blowing into my camper.
Beats all how some folks can keep on beating a dead horse over something the OP never said. He never said he was against campfires per se. Typically, such "discussions" generate a whole lot more heat than light.
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Husker Jerry wrote: Beats all how some folks can keep on beating a dead horse over something the OP never said. He never said he was against campfires per se. Typically, such "discussions" generate a whole lot more heat than light.
No, he didn't.
What he did do was the equivalent of complaining that people in bars are loud and drunk or people at sports events are rowdy and biased for the home team.
What people are saying back is this is what goes on there, if you want to drink in a quiet place or watch a game peacefully, stay at home.
People who like campfires can have them, anywhere they are allowed. There is no problem. If it's a problem for me, I LEAVE. That's the kind of freedom I enjoy,....no hassles.
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I wouldn't have to let my fire smoulder all day if the C/G would do something about them dang skeeters and flys.LOL!We never leave our windows open due to we don't want our TT smelling like smoke.Wish I could open up the windows sometimes and let natural sounds in.Oh well...
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I'm surprised anyone would condone leaving a fire smoldering, esp. during the day. I like a camp fire as well as anyone. It's one of the things we look for in a CG. However, I've never understood why some leave them going when they aren't there. There are much better products that a smokey fire to keep the skeeters down.
During our recent 34 day, 3,600 mile trip, I was amazed at how the campfires can be irritating. Of course the ones that smolder all day should not be allowed but even the evening fires can get overwhelming.
Every time I wanted to open the door in the evening there was someone starting their campfire and smoking up the whole area. I never said anything to anybody about their campfires as I want them to enjoy their camping experience but it was too much for me.
I had to close the door and turn the air back on. I mean, these smoking fires are just too much sometimes, especially when it's blowing your way.
Next to us at Jellystone in Mammoth Caves, KY, the guy next to us was trying to split wood. I was surprised he didn't know how to split it. He was trying to get the piece of wood to stand on it's own and then try to split with an ax.
Doesn't everybody know that you hold the wood with one hand and take the ax and hit the wood at the top so the ax stays in? Then you lift the whole piece and hit it against the ground. Anyway, this guy kept trying to split the wood and when he hit it with the ax, it would fly away coming towards our coach.
I had to open the window and yell, "please don't let it come flying this way!" as I didn't want it to damage the side of our coach. It seemed like he was 3 ft away from our slide-out. He moved closer to his camper (now 20 ft. from us) and tried to split the wood. It started to fall over as he was swinging and the piece of wood hit him right in the leg (I just shook my head).
His campfire didn't bother us but there was another one that was coming from another direction and it was getting really smokey. I love to camp but we were being smoked out!
So, in conclusion, I agree 100% with the OP. The neighbors need to be considerate with the enjoyment of all campers.
MM.
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Mr.Mark wrote: During our recent 34 day, 3,600 mile trip, I was amazed at how the campfires can be irritating. Of course the ones that smolder all day should not be allowed but even the evening fires can get overwhelming.
Every time I wanted to open the door in the evening there was someone starting their campfire and smoking up the whole area. I never said anything to anybody about their campfires as I want them to enjoy their camping experience but it was too much for me.
I had to close the door and turn the air back on. I mean, these smoking fires are just too much sometimes, especially when it's blowing your way.
Next to us at Jellystone in Mammoth Caves, KY, the guy next to us was trying to split wood. I was surprised he didn't know how to split it. He was trying to get the piece of wood to stand on it's own and then try to split with an ax.
Doesn't everybody know that you hold the wood with one hand and take the ax and hit the wood at the top so the ax stays in? Then you lift the whole piece and hit it against the ground. Anyway, this guy kept trying to split the wood and when he hit it with the ax, it would fly away coming towards our coach.
I had to open the window and yell, "please don't let it come flying this way!" as I didn't want it to damage the side of our coach. It seemed like he was 3 ft away from our slide-out. He moved closer to his camper (now 20 ft. from us) and tried to split the wood. It started to fall over as he was swinging and the piece of wood hit him right in the leg (I just shook my head).
His campfire didn't bother us but there was another one that was coming from another direction and it was getting really smokey. I love to camp but we were being smoked out!
So, in conclusion, I agree 100% with the OP. The neighbors need to be considerate with the enjoyment of all campers.
MM.
Now, that's a bit much! If you can't stand the heat stay out of the kitchen. Or, as many others have said here, if you can't stand the smoke, stay home. Campfires are part of MOST people's camping experience. A piece of wood hitting your bus would be an example of inconsiderateness, but what are people who are upwind of you supposed to do, not light their fire? Why didn't you go up to say something to them? Because you knew they would simply laugh in your face, right? And rightfully so.
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