Foothills Campfire

Fire lit faces, your favorite music, your closest friends crowded around while the pines wave in the crisp evening mountain air; the dread of knowing that the moment cannot last and you must return back.  Those rare weeks away from the job and hustle of life crowd my thoughts for most of the year, always eager to return.  However, there would be years of life wasted if  the reality of a mere twelve days of vacation annually kept me from enjoying the finest parts of camp life. Bringing camp home is one of the best ideas I've ever had. Everyone knows the heart of camp is the fire pit and I have spent many fine nights jabbing at coals in mine with close friends and neighbors. Backyard fire pits are best made in a wooded part of your property if available but don't let living in suburbia kill your motivation to setup camp in your backyard. Mine started with a couple of truckloads of rocks gathered from old ore outcroppings in our area.  This red ore made for a really rustic lo