mgmills wrote:
People forget that prior to the Cave-In moving to the current location no campfires were allowed in individual campsites unless you were one of the few elite to get one of the regular campground campsites.
And slightly but on the subject of campfires . . . with so many "tree diseases" out there these days bringing in wood from other places isn't really such a great idea. Not singling you out specifically Jeff since you are close enough any diseases your trees have would possibly be there anyway but some folks travel across several states and could bring in diseased wood.
Martha- I admit it had been a few years since my last Cave-In until we started at the new campsite, but I do remember the last couple of times I went we were allowed fires as long as they were off the ground(fire pan). On tree diseases, you are absolutly correct. There are problems in other parts of the country with trees and/or parasites. But there is a lot of dead wood lying around the Cave-In site and after people rustled up all the dead wood, think how much cleaner the woods would be and an even lesser fire hazard would result after all the dead stuff was cleaned up. I'll try my darnedest to be up there this Saturday to discuss this with the persons you recommended. I realise I sound like I keep harping on this subject, but it is something I feel strongly about. I've camped out all my life and it just doesn't seem like camping without a fire. I build a campfire regularly here at home in a fire pan so my family can enjoy an open fire. We cookout, toast marshmellows(and make smores), and just enjoy ourselves around the fire. My 5 year old makes himself useful by picking up all the limbs, sticks and even little twigs he can find to contribute to our fires. He definitely helps keep the yard looking cleaner. My wife has gone so far as to say she didn't want to camp where she couldn't have a fire to snuggle up to and warm up in the morning. I'm really hoping we can have fires this year.