Our fire pit the next morning. Note how none of the wood was actually burned, rather the twigs and paper strips were.
1. Gather your materials. To start a fire you need an ignitor like matches or a lighter. Also, you need "tinder" which catches the initial spark like pieces of shredded paper or dry pine needles and your kindling which is twigs/small branches/large pieces of cardboard. Finally, your fuel source aka wood or logs.
2. Put the tinder inside of the kindling that is spaced so air can circulate, but close enough that the flame can spread from the tinder to the kindling. Light the tinder, as the fire catches add fire wood.
3. The easiest arrangement for a fire is called the "teepee", with the kindling and tinder inside the teepee and the wood standing up and leaning in the middle on one another. As more gets burned, the fire wood eventually falls.
Overall, camping is a great test of a relationship. You have to rely on the other person, work together to get otherwise small and overlooked tasks done. Little challenges like building a fire or setting up a tent can either show the compatibility and teamwork capabilities in a relationship or just bring out frustration and misery in failed communication. So if you can come out of the campgrounds happy and unscarred you must be doing something right.
1. Gather your materials. To start a fire you need an ignitor like matches or a lighter. Also, you need "tinder" which catches the initial spark like pieces of shredded paper or dry pine needles and your kindling which is twigs/small branches/large pieces of cardboard. Finally, your fuel source aka wood or logs.
2. Put the tinder inside of the kindling that is spaced so air can circulate, but close enough that the flame can spread from the tinder to the kindling. Light the tinder, as the fire catches add fire wood.
3. The easiest arrangement for a fire is called the "teepee", with the kindling and tinder inside the teepee and the wood standing up and leaning in the middle on one another. As more gets burned, the fire wood eventually falls.
Overall, camping is a great test of a relationship. You have to rely on the other person, work together to get otherwise small and overlooked tasks done. Little challenges like building a fire or setting up a tent can either show the compatibility and teamwork capabilities in a relationship or just bring out frustration and misery in failed communication. So if you can come out of the campgrounds happy and unscarred you must be doing something right.
*Photo taken by Emily Patterson
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